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Red-legged Cormorant
Poikilocarbo gaimardi
Near ThreatenedThe Red-legged Cormorant is a fish-eating waterbird of the Pacific coast of South America. It dives from the surface to chase fish and aquatic prey, then often rests upright on rocks, posts, banks, or trees with wings held out to dry. Colonies usually form near productive coasts, lakes, rivers, or wetlands.
- Family
- Phalacrocoracidae
- Range
- Red-legged Cormorant Range — Resident or seasonal range in the Pacific coast of South America
- Population
- ≈ Unknown