Phalacrocorax auritus x brasilianus
Status: Accidental in summer
Record: The only record is of one photographed at Crescent Lake NWR, Cherry Co 2 Sep 2020 (Mlodinow, eBird.org).
Comments: There are 11 records for North America, excluding multiple records at Wakodohatchee Wetlands, Palm Beach Co, Florida, all but one since 2017 (eBird.org, accessed Jul 2023). The earlier record was of one on a nest at Salt Plains NWR, Oklahoma 16 May 2008 (Arterburn and Shepperd 2009). The other records are for Colorado (2), Iowa, Texas, Florida (2 away from Palm Beach Co), Oregon, and California (2), and Nebraska.
Neotropic and Double-crested cormorants are each other’s closest relatives, sometimes treated as sister species (Dorr et al 2020).
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Literature Cited
Arterburn, J.W., and R.S. Shepperd. 2009. A Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)×Neotropic Cormorant (P. brasilianus) hybrid in Oklahoma. North American Birds 63: 348-351.
Dorr, B. S., J. J. Hatch, and D. V. Weseloh. 2020. Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (A. F. Poole, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.doccor.01.
Recommended Citation
Silcock, W.R., and J.G. Jorgensen. 2023. Double-crested x Neotropic Cormorant (hybrid) (Anser albifrons x Branta canadensis). In Birds of Nebraska — Online.www.BirdsofNebraska.org
Updated 5 Jul 2023