Cormorants, Shags

Neotropic Cormorant

Nannopterum brasilianus

The Neotropic Cormorant (Nannopterum brasilianus) is a 1.2 kg wetland bird that eats mostly fish and other water animals. It stays put all year.

Family

Cormorants, Shags

Order

Suliformes

Weight

1.2 kg

Habitat

Wetland

Diet

Vertebrates, fish and carrion

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

30

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