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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.

Hábitat: Wetlands

Aspecto

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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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!

Habilidades especiales

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

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

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

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

Medidas y detalles

Longitud: 58-74 cm
Envergadura: 100-120 cm
Peso: 1.1-1.5 kg
Esperanza de vida: 6-12 años
Top Speed: 55 km/h
Tamaño de la puesta: 2-4
Incubación: 25-30 días

Dieta y alimentación

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

Alimentos principales

small freshwater fish
small marine fish
crayfish
frogs
aquatic insects

Método de búsqueda

Pursuit

Conexiones ecológicas

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.

Rasgos

Con plumas

Describe a los animales, principalmente aves, que poseen una cubierta de plumas.

Pies palmeados

Se caracteriza por tener los dedos conectados por una membrana, lo que generalmente ayuda a nadar.

Social

Los animales sociales viven en grupos organizados, cooperando para obtener beneficios de supervivencia como la búsqueda de alimento, la defensa y la cría de descendencia.

Filtrador

Los filtradores obtienen nutrientes filtrando partículas de alimentos suspendidos y pequeños organismos del agua.

Piscívoro

Los organismos piscívoros son animales que subsisten principalmente de una dieta a base de peces.

Humedal

Este rasgo de hábitat identifica especies que se encuentran en humedales, que son áreas de tierra saturadas de agua, ya sea permanente o estacionalmente, e incluyen marismas, pantanos y ciénagas.