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Jackson, M. H. 1985. Galapagos: a natural history guide. Calgary University Press, Calgary, Canada.
Jiménez-Uzcátegui, G. 2013. Monitoreo ecológico del pingüino de Galápagos y cormorán no volador 2013. Informe para la Fundación Charles Darwin y Parque Nacional Galápagos. Puerto Ayora, Ecuador.: 18 pp.
Jiménez-Uzcátegui, G.; Vargas, F.H. 2007. Censo del pingüino de Galápagos y cormorán no volador. Informe para la Fundación Charles Darwin y Parque Nacional Galápagos. Puerto Ayora, Ecuador: 22 pp.
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Rosenberg, D.K.; Valle, C.A.; Coulter, M.C.; Harcourt, S.A. 1990. Monitoring Galápagos Penguins and Flightless Cormorants in the Galápagos Islands. Wilson Bulletin 102: 525-532.
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Valle, C.A.; Coulter, M.C. 1987. Present status of the Flightless Cormorant, Galápagos Penguin and Greater Flamingo populations in the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador, after the 1982-1983 El Niño. Condor 89: 276-281.
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IUCN SSC Cormorant Specialist Group
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BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Flightless Cormorant Nannopterum harrisi. Downloaded from
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Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 23/12/2024.