Double-Crested Cormorant

Phalacrocorax auritus

Double-Crested Cormorant
Photo credit: Brocken Inaglory on Wikimedia

Status

Endangered

Physical 

Cormorants reach from 78-89  body and neck, a hooked mandible, and short legs.

 

Image by Brocken Inaglory on Wikimedia

Habitat

 P. auritus live on lakes, rivers, swamps, and along the coast.  They occur from Long Island south, and on the Gulf Coast to Texas.

 

Feeding 

Double Crested Cormorants consume fish, and occasionally amphibians and smaller crustaceans.

 

Double-Crested Cormorant
Photo credit: Brocken Inaglory on Wikimedia