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Taxonomic note
Following Kennedy and Spencer (2014) the genus Phalacrocorax has been divided into six genera, with P. auritus, P. brasilianus and P. harrisi moved into Nannopterum (HBW and BirdLife International 2018).

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A. and Fishpool, L.D.C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Non-passerines. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.
Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International. 2018. Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the birds of the world. Version 3. Available at: https://datazone.birdlife.org/userfiles/file/Species/Taxonomy/HBW-BirdLife_Checklist_v3_Nov18.zip.
Kennedy, Martyn & Spencer, Hamish. 2014. Classification of the Cormorants of the World. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution. 79: 249-257.
SACC. 2005 and updates. A classification of the bird species of South America. Available at: https://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.htm.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
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Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2018	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	does not normally occur in forest
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	39,700,000 km2	medium
Extent of Occurrence (non-breeding)	39,000,000 km2	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	poor	estimated	2009
Population trend	increasing	-	suspected	-
Generation length	8.7 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The population is estimated to number 2,000,000 individuals.

Trend justification: The overall population trend is increasing, although some populations have unknown trends (Delany and Scott 2006). The population trend is increasing in North America (based on BBS/CBC data: Butcher and Niven 2007).

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Antigua and Barbuda	extant	native	yes
Argentina	extant	native	yes
Aruba (to Netherlands)	extant	native	yes
Bahamas	extant	native	yes
Barbados	extant	native	yes
Belize	extant	native	yes
Bolivia	extant	native	yes
Brazil	extant	native	yes
Cayman Islands (to UK)	extant	native	yes
Chile	extant	native	yes
Colombia	extant	native	yes
Costa Rica	extant	native	yes
Cuba	extant	native	yes
Dominica	extant	native	yes
Ecuador	extant	native	yes
El Salvador	extant	native	yes
French Guiana	extant	native	yes
Guatemala	extant	native	yes
Guyana	extant	native	yes
Honduras	extant	native	yes
Jamaica	extant	vagrant			yes
Martinique (to France)	extant	native	yes
Mexico	extant	native	yes
Montserrat (to UK)	extant	native	yes
Nicaragua	extant	native	yes
Panama	extant	native	yes
Paraguay	extant	native	yes
Peru	extant	native	yes
Puerto Rico (to USA)	extant	native	yes
St Kitts and Nevis	extant	native	yes
St Lucia	extant	native	yes
St Vincent and the Grenadines	extant	native	yes
Suriname	extant	native	yes
Trinidad and Tobago	extant	native	yes
Turks and Caicos Islands (to UK)	extant	native	yes
Uruguay	extant	native		yes
USA	extant	native		yes
Venezuela	extant	native	yes
Virgin Islands (to UK)	extant	vagrant			yes
Virgin Islands (to USA)	extant	vagrant			yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Argentina	Reserva de Uso Múltiple Bañados del Río Dulce y Laguna Mar Chiquita
Chile	Islotes Pajaros
Mexico	Complejo de Presas de Río Fuerte
Mexico	Ensenada de Pabellones
Mexico	Istmo de Tehuantepec - Mar Muerto
Mexico	Laguna Cuyutlán-Estero Palo Verde
Mexico	Presa Cajón de Peñas
Mexico	Presa Falcón
Mexico	Presa La Amistad
Mexico	Presa Marte R. Gómez
Mexico	Presa Temascal
USA	Lower Salt and Gila Riparian Ecosystem

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Marine Neritic	Macroalgal/Kelp	major	resident
Marine Neritic	Pelagic	suitable	resident
Marine Neritic	Seagrass (Submerged)	major	resident
Marine Neritic	Subtidal Loose Rock/pebble/gravel	major	resident
Marine Neritic	Subtidal Rock and Rocky Reefs	major	resident
Marine Neritic	Subtidal Sandy	major	resident
Marine Neritic	Subtidal Sandy-Mud	major	resident
Wetlands (inland)	Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha)	suitable	resident
Wetlands (inland)	Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls)	suitable	resident
Altitude	0 - 5000 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Threat (level 1)	Threat (level 2)	Impact and Stresses
Biological resource use	Hunting & trapping terrestrial animals - Persecution/control	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Negligible declines		Low Impact: 4
		Stresses Species mortality

Purpose	Scale
Food - human	subsistence, national
Pets/display animals, horticulture	international

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Neotropical Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/neotropical-cormorant-nannopterum-brasilianum on 23/11/2024.
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 23/11/2024.