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Where does the Neotropic Cormorant live?

Phalacrocorax brasilianus has 1,535,733 records in 39 countries and territories, from 1843 to 2026. Most records come from United States.

Neotropic Cormorant
Neotropic Cormorant — Charles J. Sharp / CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
AnimaliaChordataAvesSuliformesPhalacrocoracidaePhalacrocorax

When it is recorded

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Peak month: April. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
United States 645,653
Chile 134,869
Argentina 128,792
Mexico 125,859
Brazil 102,526
Colombia 70,180
Costa Rica 59,853
Peru 54,190
Panama 35,708
Belize 29,140
Uruguay 22,597
Ecuador 21,088
Venezuela 18,170
Guatemala 14,935
Honduras 14,574
Paraguay 9,298
Cuba 8,692
Nicaragua 8,400
Bolivia 6,585
El Salvador 6,526
Aruba 4,250
Bahamas 4,203
Curaçao 2,518
Trinidad & Tobago 2,381
Guyana 1,872
Canada 1,688
Bonaire 437
Suriname 288
French Guiana 279
Turks and Caicos Islands 115
Haiti 31
Dominican Republic 14
Falkland Islands 7
France 5
Saint Barthélemy 3
Saint Martin 3
St Vincent & the Grenadines 2
Dominica 1
Nigeria 1

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.