Double-crested Cormorant
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'''Habitat:''' North America; Summer Range: Widely distributed across North America. Breeds locally along all coasts and extensively in Florida, the center of continent, and along the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence Seaway. Also in Mexico, Belize, the Bahamas, and Cuba. Winter Range: Winters along Pacific Coast from Alaska to Mexico; along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts from North Carolina to Belize, with smaller numbers northward to New Hampshire; and at inland sites along large rivers and lakes northward to Indiana. Found in diverse aquatic habitats, such as ponds, lakes, rivers, lagoons, estuaries, and open coastline; more widespread in winter. | '''Habitat:''' North America; Summer Range: Widely distributed across North America. Breeds locally along all coasts and extensively in Florida, the center of continent, and along the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence Seaway. Also in Mexico, Belize, the Bahamas, and Cuba. Winter Range: Winters along Pacific Coast from Alaska to Mexico; along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts from North Carolina to Belize, with smaller numbers northward to New Hampshire; and at inland sites along large rivers and lakes northward to Indiana. Found in diverse aquatic habitats, such as ponds, lakes, rivers, lagoons, estuaries, and open coastline; more widespread in winter. | ||
| - | '''Status:''' | + | '''Status:''' Least Concern. '''Global Population:''' 1,100,000 - 2,200,000 mature individuals. common and widespread throughout its range. Cormorant populations greatly decreased in the 19th and early 20th centuries from human persecution. They recovered after the 1920s, with an interruption in the recovery during the pesticide era of the 1950s and 1960s. The National Audubon Society considered it a species of special concern in 1972. Increases after the 1970s were explosive in some areas. Increasing cormorant populations have caused conflicts with people. Cormorants have been suggested as playing an important role in the collapse of some fisheries, although data to support these claims are sparse. Cormorants eat fish at fish farms, and recent legislation has been proposed to control cormorant numbers. |
'''Diet:''' Predominantly fish; some other aquatic animals, insects, and amphibians. | '''Diet:''' Predominantly fish; some other aquatic animals, insects, and amphibians. | ||
