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    (c) uzun, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) Andrew Simon, all rights reserved

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    (c) Mason Maron, all rights reserved

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    (c) Cyrus Li, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) Franco Folini, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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    (c) Jami Gramore, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Brandt's Cormorant

Urile penicillatus

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About

Brandt's cormorant (Urile penicillatus) is a strictly marine bird of the cormorant family of seabirds that inhabits the Pacific coast of North America. It ranges, in the summer, from Alaska to the Gulf of California, but the population north of Vancouver Island migrates south during the winter. Its specific name, penicillatus is Latin for a painter's brush (pencil of hairs), in reference to white plumes on its neck and back during the early breeding season. The...

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