Belize Biodiversity Information System NAME - Double-crested Cormorant FAMILY - Phalacrocoracidae SCIENTIFIC NAME - Phalacrocorax auritus SYNONYMS - Carbo auritus - Lesson, 1831 REFERENCES - 1 and 2 National abundance, Conservation or Economic Status Reference Resident, species present all year. 20 Resident, species present all year. 3 Apparently secure in Belize 19 Common: high density, likely to be seen in many places 19 Killed as agricultural/maricultural pests 19 Of concern: cayes and coastal zone 13 U.S. Migratory Bird Treaty 17 District Reference Belize 4 Corozal 6 Orange Walk 7 Administrative Unit Occurrence Temporal Reference Shipstern Nature Reserve 6 Private land, see comments Sighting Wet season 7 Government land 8 Ambergris Cay Sighting 10 Cayes, other; see comments Sighting Dry season 11 Cayes, other; see comments Dry season 12 Turneffe Reef Sighting Wet season 15 Turneffe Reef 9 Monkey River Special Development Area Sighting August 16 Caye Caulker 5 Elevation Reference 1-200 m 18 1:50,000 Quadrangle Reference 17 45' to 18 00'; 88 30' to 88 45' 7 17 45' to 18 00'; 88 00' to 88 15' 6 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 10' to 88 30' 18 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 10' to 88 30' 4 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 00' to 88 15' 12 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 00' to 88 15' 6 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 00' to 88 10' 8 18 15' to 18 30'; 88 00' to 88 15' 6 16 15' to 16 30'; 88 15' to 88 30' 16 17 00' to 17 15'; 87 30' to 87 45' 15 17 15' to 17 30'; 87 45' to 88 00' 9 17 52'35" to 18 11'30"; 87 49' to 88 03' 10 17 45' to 18 00'; 88 45' to 89 00' 7 Holdridge Life Zone Reference Subtropical moist 18 Marine 15 General Distribution Comments 20* Uncommon coastal/low-lands savannas, inc. marshy areas. Common mangroves lowlands & coastal beaches. Common cayes inc. Ambergris. 12* Caye Chapel 8* Belize City 7* Gold Button Ranch (7*) Is likely in error and is Olivaceous Cormorant (040150), BWM 4-2-95. 3* Uncommon in Cayes includes Ambergris Cay. References 1 A.O.U. 1983. Checklist of North American Birds. 6th Ed. 2 A.O.U. 1985, 1987, 1989. 35th-37th Supplements. 3 Wood, D.S.,R. C. Leberman, and D. Weyer. 1986. Checklist of Birds of Belize. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication 12. 4 Miller, B. W., 1994. Belize Christmas Bird Counts, Twenty Year Summary. in prep. 5 McRae, E. 1993. Preliminary Check-list - Birds of Caye Caulker. 6 Meerman, J. 1993. Checklist of the Birds of the Shipstern Nature Reserve, Occasional Papers of the Belize Natural History Society. 2(10). pp. 71-81. 7 Platt, S. 1993. Wildlife Survey of Gold Button Ranch, Belize. Unpublished report. 8 McDuffie, P. 1993. Personal Bird List for Belize: September 1, 1989 - December 15, 1993. Unpublished list. 9 Russell, S. M. 1964. A Distributional Study of the Birds of British Honduras. Ornithological Monographs No. 1, A.O.U. 10 Forsythe, D. 1994. Unpublished Belize Trip list June 18-21. 11 Counsell, D.J.R., B. Etheridge. 1986. RAFOS Expedition to Belize. Unpublished report. 12 Hallchurch, T.T., compiler. 1982. Exercise King Vulture Belize 23 Feb.- 16 March. Unpub. report for the British Army Bird Watching Society. 13 McRae, E., 1994. The Birds of Belize's Coastal Zone: Species, Distribution, Current Status, Threats to Their Well-being, and Potential Measures to Reduce Their impact. Unpublished report. 14 Howell, S. N. G., S. Webb. 1995. A Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America. New York. Oxford University Press. 15 Miller, C. M., B. W. Miller. 1995. Avian Surveys: Half Moon Caye Natural Monument. Unpublished report for Belize Audubon Society. 16 Meerman, J.C. ed. 1995. Monkey River Special Development Area Stann Creek District, Belize. Belize Tropical Forest Studies Publication #5. Unpublished Technical report for B.E.S.T. 17 Title 50 Code of Federal Regulations, Subchapter B., Part 10.13: List of Migratory Birds. U.S. Government Printing Office: 1985 0-488-794. (Lists all species of migratory birds protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. 703-711). 18 Miller, B. W. 1997. Belize Christmas Bird Count Summary 1970-1995. Data from American Birds Vol. 28-50 including 1973-1996. 19 Miller, B.W., C.M. Miller. 1997. Avian Risk Assessment for Belize, Species at Risk and of Conservation Concern. Report to Programme for Belize/TNC Wings of America Program. 20 Garcia, J., S. Matola, M. Meadows, and C. Wright. 1994. A Checklist of the Birds of Belize. WWF-US. 35p.
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