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Black-faced Cormorant

Phalacrocorax fuscescens
Family
Cormorants and Shags
Order
Suliformes
Codes
blfcor1, BFCO
Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderSuliformes
FamilyCormorants and Shags (Phalacrocoracidae)
SpeciesPhalacrocorax fuscescens
Codesblfcor1, BFCO
Identification

The Black-faced Cormorant (Phalacrocorax fuscescens) is a member of the Cormorants and Shags family within the order Suliformes. This species is classified in the eBird taxonomy maintained by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Use the eBird species code blfcor1 when logging sightings in eBird or other citizen science platforms.

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Red-legged Cormorant
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Black-faced Cormorant photo
(c) Paul Fenwick, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Paul Fenwick

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Quick Facts

Scientific Name: Phalacrocorax fuscescens

Family: Cormorants and Shags

Order: Suliformes

eBird Code: blfcor1