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Phalacrocorax bougainvillii |
(Lesson, 1837) |
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Family: cormorants |
Order: Pelecaniformes |
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Guanay cormorant |
Cormoran de Bougainville |
Cormorán guanay |
Guanoscharbe |
Migration: range extension |
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nomadising due to El Nino |
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)
- digitised by GROMS, after del Hoyo J A Elliott; J Sargatal (eds) (1992) - www.hbw.com,
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(A digitised version of this map is published in GIS shape format on the GROMS CD).
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(Last update: 26.04.04 by E.Heuel) |