Vol. 14 No. 4 (1997), Short Communications
Vol. 14 No. 4 (1997)

Location and population size of cormorant colonies in the Deseado estuary (Santa Cruz, Argentina)

Short Communications
Published 01-11-1997
Carlos Albrieu
Centro de Investigaciones. Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia Austral, Lisandro de la Torre 1070, Río Gallegos (9400), Santa Cruz, Argentina
Joaquín L. Navarro
Centro de Zoología Aplicada, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, C.C. 122, Córdoba (5000), Argentina
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Keywords

Argentina
Cormorant colonies
Phalacrocorax sp.
Patagonia

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Albrieu, Carlos, and Joaquín L. Navarro. 1997. “Location and Population Size of Cormorant Colonies in the Deseado Estuary (Santa Cruz, Argentina)”. El Hornero 14 (4): 243-46. https://doi.org/10.56178/eh.v14i4.969.
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Abstract

We report the location and size of reproductive colonies of cormorant species in the Deseado estuary (Argentina). Five colonies of Red-legged Cormorants (Phalacrocorax gaimardi), Rock Cormorants (P. magellanicus), and Neotropic Cormorants (P. olivaceus) were counted. The Red-legged Cormorant is the most abundant and more widely distributed cormorant species within the estuary. Estimated reproductive populations are 588,306 and 186 individuals for the Red-legged Cormorant, Neotropic Cormorant and Rock Cormorant, respectively. Although Rock Cormorants nest in a cliffused also by Red-Iegged Cormorants, Iimits between their colonies are well established. Given their magnitude, cormorant colonies at Puerto Deseado should be highlighted for conservation purposes.

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