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Neotropic cormorant
Nannopterum brasilianum · Family Phalacrocoracidae
Nannopterum brasilianum
Family Phalacrocoracidae
- Order
- Suliformes
- Family
- Phalacrocoracidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 1,540,036
- Countries and territories with records
- 39
About this species
This species has 1,540,036 occurrence records from 39 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the United States (41.9%), Chile (8.8%), Argentina (8.4%), Mexico (8.2%) and Brazil (6.8%); together they account for 74.1% of the total. In the United States, this species accounts for 0.058% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Nannopterum brasilianum combines the genus name Nannopterum with the species epithet brasilianum. The Warbla app catalog lists 3 species of the genus Nannopterum; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Nannopterum auritum and Nannopterum harrisi.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 30 species of the family Phalacrocoracidae. This species ranks 3rd among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Nannopterum auritum. Its record count is 1.9 times the family average (821,390). The family Phalacrocoracidae belongs to the order Suliformes, which has 48 species in the Warbla app catalog.