The red-legged cormorant, also known as the red-legged shag, red-footed cormorant, red-footed shag, Gaimard's cormorant and grey cormorant, is a species of cormorant resident to the coastline of South America. It is the only member of the genus Poikilocarbo. It is non-colonial unlike most seabirds. The red-legged cormorant has not been observed wing-spreading, which is unusual among cormorant species. Source: Wikipedia
Citation:
(Garnot, P 1828)
Reference:
Manuel Orn. Descr. Gen. Espèc.
2 p.373
Protonym:
Pelecanus Gaimardi
Type locality:
Callao Bay, Peru.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/224580#page/383/mode/1up
Avibase ID:
1636D6218C034B63
Avibase ID:
avibase-1636D621
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/1636D621
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Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Red-legged Cormorant ( Poikilocarbo gaimardi) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 00: Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
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Birdlife checklist version 02: Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
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Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Red-legged Cormorant ( Poikilocarbo gaimardi) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Red-legged Cormorant ( Poikilocarbo gaimardi) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Red-legged Cormorant ( Poikilocarbo gaimardi) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Red-legged Cormorant ( Poikilocarbo gaimardi) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Red-legged Cormorant ( Poikilocarbo gaimardi) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Red-legged Cormorant ( Poikilocarbo gaimardi) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Red-legged Cormorant ( Poikilocarbo gaimardi) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Red-legged Cormorant ( Poikilocarbo gaimardi) [version 1] |
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Cormoran de Gaimard ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Cormoran de Gaimard ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
Clements 1st edition: Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2021: Red-legged Cormorant ( Poikilocarbo gaimardi) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2022: Red-legged Cormorant ( Poikilocarbo gaimardi) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2023: Red-legged Cormorant ( Poikilocarbo gaimardi) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2024: Red-legged Cormorant ( Poikilocarbo gaimardi) [version 1] |
Clements 3rd edition: Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
Clements 4th edition: Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (as published): Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
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Clements, version 2019: Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.50: Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
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Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Red-legged Cormorant ( Poikilocarbo gaimardi) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Red-legged Shag ( Leucocarbo gaimardi) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Red-legged Shag ( Leucocarbo gaimardi) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Red-legged Shag ( Leucocarbo gaimardi) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Red-legged Shag ( Leucocarbo gaimardi) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Red-legged Shag ( Leucocarbo gaimardi) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Red-legged Shag ( Leucocarbo gaimardi) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
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IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
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IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Red-legged Cormorant ( Poikilocarbo gaimardi) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Red-legged Cormorant ( Poikilocarbo gaimardi) [version 1] |
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IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Red-legged Cormorant ( Poikilocarbo gaimardi) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Red-legged Cormorant ( Poikilocarbo gaimardi) [version 1] |
Morony, Bock and Farrand: Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Phalacrocorax gaimardi [version 1] |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Phalacrocorax gaimardi [version 1] |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Phalacrocorax gaimardi [version 1] |
Sibley and Monroe (1993): Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (24/10/2003): Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (14/09/2005): Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (16/07/2006): Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (26/09/2007): Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (01/05/2008): Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (30/09/2009): Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (19/08/2010): Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (8/08/2011): Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (8/02/2012): Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (4/09/2012): Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (17/03/2013): Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (9/02/2014): Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (16/02/2015): Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (28/07/2016): Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (22/04/2017): Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (4/06/2018): Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (6/06/2019): Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (20/02/2020): Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (8/06/2020): Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (24/08/2021): Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (24/07/2022): Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (28/09/2023): Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (27/07/2024): Red-legged Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax gaimardi) [version 1] |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Phalacrocorax gaimardi [version 1] |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Phalacrocorax gaimardi [version 1] |
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