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Species Information

Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Craniata
    Class: Aves
      Order: Suliformes
        Family: Phalacrocoracidae
          Genus: Nannopterum
            Species: brasilianus

Neotropic Cormorant - Phalacrocorax brasilianus

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Species Extent (New Mexico)

General Description

Neotropic Cormorant (Phalacrocorax brasilianus) is a large (61 cm) waterbird with a long body and proportionally long, snake-like neck. They range from the tip of South America to the southern border of the U.S. In New Mexico, it can be found at Elephant Butte and Caballo Lakes and Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, and occasionally farther north along the Rio Grande. They are always found by water, where they eat fish.

Status

Global Rank: G5

State Rank: S3B,S4N

State Status: T

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SWAP Status: SGCN

NMRP Strategy Status:

Observations in Natural Heritage New Mexico Database

Number of Subpopulations: 2

Number of Mapped Locations: 2

Number of Observations: 6

Observation date range: 05-23-1972 to 12-25-1991

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