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Phalacrocorax bougainvillii (Lesson, 1837) Family: cormorants Order: Pelecaniformes print version
Guanay cormorant Cormoran de Bougainville Cormorán guanay Guanoscharbe
Migration: range extension nomadising due to El Nino

Verbreitungskarte von Phalacrocorax bougainvillii After breeding spreads N to Ecuador and S to Valdivia (SC Chile). Mass dispersal when food supply fails due to occurrence of El Nino, birds straying far outside normal range, reaching Panama and extreme S tip of S America; some move inland following rivers.   (del Hoyo J, Elliott A, Sargatal J (eds), 1992)


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(Last update: 26.04.04 by E.Heuel)