Phalacrocorax auritus [auritus or floridanus] (Double-crested Cormorant [Dark-crested])

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Double-crested Cormorant [Dark-crested]

Phalacrocorax auritus [auritus or floridanus] (= Phalacrocorax auritus auritus) (Lesson, 1831)

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Classification

Order:
  Pelecaniformes
Family:
  Phalacrocoracidae
Genus:
   Phalacrocorax
Scientific:
  Phalacrocorax auritus auritus

Original description

Citation:
(Lesson, 1831)

Reference:
TraitedOrn. p.605

Protonym:
Carbo auritus

Link:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35997589

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
85B1C7470864EA8C

Avibase ID:
avibase-85B1C747

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/85B1C747

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 174718

Geographic range:

Phalacrocorax auritus auritus: Gulf of St. Lawrence to Cape Cod and locally west to Utah
Phalacrocorax auritus floridanus: southeastern United States (coastal North Carolina to Florida), Cuba, and locally in southeastern Mexico (Yucatán Peninsula) and northern Belize
Phalacrocorax auritus heuretus: eastern Bahamas (San Salvador)

Source: Clements checklist

English:
Double-crested Cormorant [Dark-crested]
French:
Cormoran à aigrettes [auritus ou floridanus]
Japanese (romaji):
mimihimeu (auritus/floridanus)
Japanese:
ミミヒメウ (auritus/floridanus)
Dutch:
Geoorde Aalscholver (auritus/floridanus)

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Double-crested Cormorant [Dark-crested] ( Phalacrocorax auritus [auritus or floridanus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Double-crested Cormorant [Dark-crested] ( Phalacrocorax auritus [auritus or floridanus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Double-crested Cormorant [Dark-crested] ( Phalacrocorax auritus [auritus or floridanus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Double-crested Cormorant [Dark-crested] ( Phalacrocorax auritus [auritus or floridanus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Double-crested Cormorant [Dark-crested] ( Phalacrocorax auritus [auritus or floridanus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Double-crested Cormorant [Dark-crested] ( Phalacrocorax auritus [auritus or floridanus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Double-crested Cormorant [Dark-crested] ( Phalacrocorax auritus [auritus or floridanus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Double-crested Cormorant [Dark-crested] ( Phalacrocorax auritus [auritus or floridanus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Double-crested Cormorant [Dark-crested] ( Phalacrocorax auritus [auritus or floridanus])
eBird version 1.50: Double-crested Cormorant (Dark-crested) ( Phalacrocorax auritus auritus/floridanus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52: Double-crested Cormorant (Dark-crested) ( Phalacrocorax auritus auritus/floridanus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53: Double-crested Cormorant (Dark-crested) ( Phalacrocorax auritus auritus/floridanus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54: Double-crested Cormorant (Dark-crested) ( Phalacrocorax auritus auritus/floridanus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55: Double-crested Cormorant (Dark-crested) ( Phalacrocorax auritus auritus/floridanus) [version 1]
eBird version 2015: Double-crested Cormorant (Dark-crested) ( Phalacrocorax auritus auritus/floridanus) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: subspecies group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Phalacrocorax auritus

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Other synonyms

German: Ohrenscharbe
English: Double-crested Cormorant (Dark-crested), Double-crested Cormorant [Dark-crested]
Spanish: Cormorán de Dos Crestas
French: Cormoran à aigrettes (à aigrettes foncées), Cormoran à aigrettes (forme à aigrettes foncées), Cormoran à aigrettes [auritus ou floridanus]
Italian: Marangone della doppia cresta
Japanese (romaji): mimihimeu (auritus/floridanus)
Japanese: ミミヒメウ (auritus/floridanus)
Scientific: Carbo auritus, Phalacrocorax auritus [auritus or floridanus], Phalacrocorax auritus [auritus], Phalacrocorax auritus auritus, Phalacrocorax auritus auritus/floridanus
Dutch: Geoorde Aalscholver, Geoorde Aalscholver (auritus/floridanus)
Slovak: kormorán ušatý