Double-Crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus
Aves > Suliformes > Phalacrocoracidae
Names in different Languages
| German | Ohrenscharbe |
| English | Double-Crested Cormorant |
| French | Cormoran à aigrettes |
| Spanish | Cormorán orejudo |
Description
An archaic looking bird frequently seen at Parc des Rapides. The bird is mostly black with yellow, orange bill and face displaying two crests during breeding season. No sexual dimorphism.
How to Identify
An all black bird with yellow to orange bill and face. The bird either stands on rocks or wood trunks, sometimes spreading out its wings to dry them or it flys up along the river, plunges into the water and dives for fishes.
Where When to Spot
I see them almost on every visit to Rapids Park Lachine from early spring to late autumn.
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Observations
| 2022-10-08 | Parc des Rapides |
| 2022-07-23 | Parc de la Cité |
| 2022-05-21 | Parc Île-de-la-Visitation |
| 2021-08-18 | Saguenay St. Lawrence Marine Park |
| 2019-09-29 | Parc Angrignon |
| 2019-09-01 | Parc Angrignon |
| 2019-08-04 | Parc Angrignon |
| 2019-05-09 | Parc de la Frayère |
| 2019-05-08 | Parc Angrignon |
| 2019-04-27 | Parc de la Frayère |