Cormorant
All About Cormorants
All About Cormorants
Scientific name : Phalacrocoracidae
Scientific name : Phalacrocoracidae
Nickname: Shag
Nickname: Shag
Diet: Carnivore
Diet: Carnivore
Average life span in the wild: 17 years & 9 months
Average life span in the wild: 17 years & 9 months
Weight:5.5- 11 lbs.
Weight:5.5- 11 lbs.
Their diets
Their diets
They mostly eat tadpoles, frogs, aquatic insects, and fish that are easy to catch.They eat average of 1 pound of fish , they also eat amphibians, and crustaceans .
They mostly eat tadpoles, frogs, aquatic insects, and fish that are easy to catch.They eat average of 1 pound of fish , they also eat amphibians, and crustaceans .
Habitat & Nest
Habitat & Nest
Cormorants live in warm bodies of water, mostly fresh, or brackish. They are found through the American tropics. They nest in groups called colonies and construct their nest in bushes and trees around 3-25 above water as well as on the ground of islands in bays
Cormorants live in warm bodies of water, mostly fresh, or brackish. They are found through the American tropics. They nest in groups called colonies and construct their nest in bushes and trees around 3-25 above water as well as on the ground of islands in bays
Predators & How they survive
Predators & How they survive
Cormorants survive from arrowing in straight lines with a few feet above water in fighter-jet formation. There predators are Bald eagles,Coyotes, and Owls.
Cormorants survive from arrowing in straight lines with a few feet above water in fighter-jet formation. There predators are Bald eagles,Coyotes, and Owls.
Migration Path
Migration Path
They move south in the winter, and occasionally wanders north, mainly in warmer months.
They move south in the winter, and occasionally wanders north, mainly in warmer months.
Fun facts
Fun facts
*Cormorants are about 25 inches in length
*Cormorants are about 25 inches in length
*Eggs are incubated by both adults for approximately for 25-30 days
*Eggs are incubated by both adults for approximately for 25-30 days
*Their young are fed by their parents until roughly 11 weeks
*Their young are fed by their parents until roughly 11 weeks
*At 8 weeks old they are able to swim and dive
*At 8 weeks old they are able to swim and dive
*Cormorants are about 25 inches in length
*Cormorants are about 25 inches in length
*Eggs are incubated by both adults for approximately for 25-30 days
*Eggs are incubated by both adults for approximately for 25-30 days
*Their young are fed by their parents until roughly 11 weeks
*Their young are fed by their parents until roughly 11 weeks
*At 8 weeks old they are able to swim and dive
*At 8 weeks old they are able to swim and dive
Features
Features
Very top of the head grayish color
Very top of the head grayish color
Beak is dark yellow
Beak is dark yellow
Webbed feet to catch prey
Webbed feet to catch prey
Rest of body black
Rest of body black
