English: Neotropic Cormorant

Japanese: nambei himeu

Latin: Phalacrocorax brasilianus

Date: 4/MAY/2003

Location: Smith Oaks Rookery, High Island, TX

Size: L = 63cm, WS = 102cm

Photo by Kinjo Yonemoto

Notes: TOP: Chick with mouth open.

MID: Two chicks with a juvenile bird. A juvenile Neotropic Cormorant has a shorter tail than adult, lacks white V around gape, and therefore, I thought it was a Double-crested Cormorant. The following points help identification.

1. Neotropic has a pointed < shape skin at the gape and Double-crested has more rounded shape.

2. Double-crested has more yellow in the bill and the lore.

3. Double-crested has lighter colored neck and breast than this bird.

Japanese: nambei himeu

Latin: Phalacrocorax brasilianus

Date: 17/AUG/2003

Location: Port Aransas, TX

Size: L = 63cm

Photo by Wayne Nicholas

Japanese: nambei himeu

Latin: Phalacrocorax brasilianus

Date: 21/JUL/01

Location: Galveston, Texas

Note: It was hot and this bird kept the bill open and moved throat rapidly to cool off. I think they do it by moving the tongue.

Photo by Kinjo Yonemoto

Japanese: Nambei himeu

Latin: Phalacrocorax brasilianus

Date: 4/NOV/2001

Location: Arthur Storey Park, Houston, TX

Breeding plumage in November seems to be common on Texas Coast.

Photo by Kinjo Yonemoto

Japanese: nambei himeu

Latin: Phalacrocorax brasilianus

Date: 2/Dec/2000

Location: Galveston Island, TX

Size: L = 63cm

Photo by Kinjo Yonemoto

Japanese: mimihimeu

Latin: Phalacrocorax auritus

Date: 18/NOV/2001

Location: Galveston Island, TX

Size: L = 84cm, WS = 132cm

Photo by Kinjo Yonemoto

Note: This bird appears to be bleeding from right side of bill.

Date: 18/NOV/2001

Location: Galveston Island, TX

Photo by Kinjo Yonemoto