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Neotropic Cormorant

Nannopterum brasilianum

The Neotropic Cormorant is a sleek bird that loves to swim and dive for fish. With its shiny black feathers and long neck, it can often be seen drying its wings in the sun after a swim.

Lebensraum: Wetlands

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The Neotropic Cormorant is a sleek, medium-sized waterbird with entirely black plumage, often showing a bronzy sheen. It has a slender body, a long, hooked bill, and a small, often yellow-orange, gular pouch at the base of its bill, differentiating it from larger cormorants.

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Neotropic Cormorant
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Neotropic Cormorant

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

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Interessante Fakten

These birds build nests in trees over water, sometimes in huge colonies!

They use their strong, hooked bill like a spear to catch slippery fish!

They're sometimes called 'water turkeys' due to their long necks and tails!

Unlike most birds, their feathers get wet on purpose to help them dive!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Underwater Eyesight

Neotropic Cormorant can see clearly underwater because its eyes adapt to the water's refractive index.

Fähigkeit

Efficient Subaquatic Propulsion

Neotropic Cormorant has large, webbed feet positioned far back on its body that helps them swiftly propel through water.

Fähigkeit

Reduced Buoyancy Dive

Neotropic Cormorant has less preen oil than other water birds, allowing its feathers to get wet, reducing buoyancy to dive deeper.

Fähigkeit

Solar Feather Drying

Neotropic Cormorant can spread its wings wide to dry its semi-permeable feathers in the sun, restoring insulation and flight.

Maße und Details

Länge
58-74 cm
Flügelspannweite
100-120 cm
Gewicht
1.1-1.5 kg
Lebenserwartung
6-12 Jahre
Top Speed
55 km/h
Gelegegröße
2-4
Brutzeit
25-30 Tage

Ernährung und Fütterung

A skilled underwater hunter, they mainly eat small fish and sometimes amphibians or crustaceans.

Hauptnahrung

  • small freshwater fish
  • small marine fish
  • crayfish
  • frogs
  • aquatic insects

Nahrungssuche

  • Pursuit

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

hunts

Nile Tilapia

Oreochromis niloticus

An important food source in many habitats.

hunts

Mosquitofish

Gambusia affinis

Preys on these common small, surface-dwelling fish.

eaten by

American Alligator

Alligator mississippiensis

Eggs and chicks are vulnerable to predation near water.

eaten by

Great Horned Owl

Bubo virginianus

May prey on juveniles or adults, especially at night.

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

Brazilian Cormorant

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Always watch birds from a distance and don't try to touch them.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das länge von Neotropic Cormorant?

58-74 cm

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Neotropic Cormorant?

100-120 cm

Was ist der/die/das gewicht von Neotropic Cormorant?

1.1-1.5 kg

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Neotropic Cormorant?

6-12 Jahre

Was ist der/die/das top Speed von Neotropic Cormorant?

55 km/h

Was frisst Neotropic Cormorant?

A skilled underwater hunter, they mainly eat small fish and sometimes amphibians or crustaceans.

Wo findet man Neotropic Cormorant normalerweise?

Wetlands

Wie jagt Neotropic Cormorant?

Pursuit

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