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Double-crested Cormorant
Phalacrocorax auritus

 

30-35 (76-89 cm). Orange throat pouch and long neck. Long hooked bill tilted upward when swimming. Adults have short tuft of feathers over each eye during breeding season. In flight, the neck shows a slight crook.… read more

Neotropic Cormorant
Phalacrocorax brasilianus

25" (64 cm). A small, delicate-looking cormorant of southern lagoons and marshes; black glossed with olive, with orange throat pouch narrowly bordered with white.… read more

Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carbo

35-40" (89-102 cm). A large, thick-necked cormorant. Adult black with white throat and yellow chin pouch; in breeding plumage, has white flank patches. Immature is dull brown, with dusky neck and white on belly.… read more

Pelagic Cormorant
Phalacrocorax pelagicus

 

25-30" (64-76 cm). Glossy black, dark bill, long, slender neck held out straight in flight, red throat pouch. Breeding birds have bold white spot on each flank. At close range 2 crests, fore and aft, are visible. Immature, dark brown.… read more

Brandt's Cormorant
Phalacrocorax penicillatus

33-35" (84-89 cm). Thick-necked, large-headed, black with little gloss. Breeding birds have bright cobalt-blue throat pouch bordered with yellow, and slender white plumes on face and back. Young, duller, buff colored on breast.… read more

Red-faced Cormorant
Phalacrocorax urile

 

28-30" (71-76 cm). Large, with bright red throat pouch extending onto face, and pale bill. Young birds are dull brown but still have red face and pale bill.… read more

Anhinga
Anhinga anhinga

34-36" (86-91 cm). Long, slender, S-shaped neck; long, spear-like bill; fan-shaped tail. Male's plumage, greenish iridescence; upper surface of wings silvery gray. Female, tawny-brown neck and breast, sharply set off from black belly.… read more

Crested Auklet
Aethia cristatella

 

9 1/2-10 1/2" (24-27 cm). Tail barely visible. Slate-black above, brownish gray below. Breeding, white plume behind white eye; forward-curving black crest; red bill, extra red plate on side of face. Winter, crest shorter, bill brown. Juveniles lack crest.… read more

Parakeet Auklet
Aethia psittacula (Cyclorrhynchus psittacula)

 

10" (25 cm). Short tail, chubby body . Sooty black above, white below. In summer, white, mustache-like plume extends from below eye to lower neck. Stubby upturned red bill. In winter, white plume lacking, throat and underparts white, bill duskier.… read more

Least Auklet
Aethia pusilla

 

6" (15 cm). Sparrow-sized. Black above, white below. Summer, white plume behind eye; dark markings on sides and breast (often forming breast band) set off white throat; bill orange with yellow tip. Winter, plume smaller; unmarked white below; bill dark; white patch on wing.… read more

Whiskered Auklet
Aethia pygmaea

7-7 1/2" (18-19 cm). Dusky gray above, lighter gray below. Adults have forward-curling gray topknot and 3 white ornamental plumes projecting backward from face like long mustaches; short bill red during summer, brown in winter. … read more

Razorbill
Alca torda

17" (43 cm). A crow-sized diving bird. Black above and on head; white below; very deep, laterally compressed bill has white bands in adults. Winter birds have white on throat and cheek, and behind eye. Immatures have smaller, unmarked bills.… read more

Dovekie
Alle alle

8" (20 cm). A starling-sized alcid. Chunky; black above and white below, with a very short bill. Breeding adults have a black head; winter birds have black crown and white cheeks.… read more

Kittlitz's Murrelet
Brachyramphus brevirostris

7 1/2-9" (19-23 cm). Summer, dusky above with buff marbling, foreparts buff, dark barring, belly whitish. Winter, white below, slate-gray above & top of head, white face. White patch on dark wings sometimes visible on swimming birds, visible in flight. Bill short, stubby.… read more

Marbled Murrelet
Brachyramphus marmoratus

9 1/2-10" (24-25 cm). A chubby, robin-sized seabird, with very short neck and tail. In summer, brown above, marbled with light brown and gray below. In winter, black above, white below, with white wing patch and incomplete white collar.… read more

Pigeon Guillemot
Cepphus columba

 

12-14" (30-36 cm). Feet, bill lining brilliant red. Breeding plumage, black, large white wing patch interrupted by 2 black stripes. Winter, head, upperparts lighten slightly; underparts white with buff-colored barring on flanks, dusky wing linings.… read more

Black Guillemot
Cepphus grylle

 

13" (33 cm). Pigeon-sized. In summer, all black with large white wing patch; bright red feet; pointed bill. In winter, the black is largely replaced by white. Murres are larger.… read more

Rhinoceros Auklet
Cerorhinca monocerata

14 1/2-15 1/2" (37-39 cm). Dark above, lighter gray throat, breast, white underparts. Slender pale yellow bill, white eye. Breeding plumage, short upright "horn" at base of bill, with white drooping "whiskers"; white plume above eye.… read more

Atlantic Puffin
Fratercula arctica

 

12" (30 cm). A short stocky bird. Black above and white below, with white face and red legs; its remarkable triangular bill is brilliant red and yellow. In fall, horny outer covering of bill is shed, leaving it smaller and duller.… read more

Tufted Puffin
Fratercula cirrhata

14 1/2-15 1/2" (37-39 cm). Breeding, body black, face white, down-curved yellowish tufts hang behind eyes, large bright orange-red bill . Winter, colored bill plates molt, bill is smaller, duller, tufts disappear. In flight, webbed red feet are conspicuous.… read more

Horned Puffin
Fratercula corniculata

14 1/2" (37 cm). Chunky tailless body. Black above, white below. White face; large, parrot-like bill bright yellow with red tip. Red eyelids, small black upturned "horn" above eye. Winter, face darker, feathers brownish, bill smaller with dusky base.… read more

Cassin's Auklet
Ptychoramphus aleuticus

8-9" (20-23 cm). Slate-gray above, lighter gray below, white belly. Eyes dark brown during first year, lightening to white in breeding adults. Stubby bill has white spot at base of each side of lower mandible. No seasonal change in plumage.… read more

Ancient Murrelet
Synthliboramphus antiquus

9 1/2-10 1/2" (24-27 cm). Black head, gray back, white below, white plume over eye, small white-barred area at side of neck. White bill. In winter, wide white area on throat and face, back solid slate-gray.… read more

Craveri's Murrelet
Synthliboramphus craveri

8 1/2-10" (22-25 cm). Black above, white below, with black extending down neck to form partial collar. Underwing grayish. Black of face extends below bill on Craveri's but not on Xantus's.… read more

Xantus's Murrelet
Synthliboramphus hypoleucus

9 1/2-10 1/2" (24-27 cm). Robin-sized but slender, resembling a tiny murre. Black above, with no distinctive pattern; white cheeks, throat, and underparts. Underwing coverts white. Bill thin and narrow. No seasonal change in plumage.… read more

Common Murre
Uria aalge

 

17" (43 cm). Crow-sized. Head and upperparts brownish black, white below; long pointed bill. Winter birds have extensive white on the face, with a dark line behind the eye. See Thick-billed Murre.… read more

Thick-billed Murre
Uria lomvia

 

18" (46 cm). Similar to Common Murre, but blacker above, with shorter, thicker bill. In winter, face is mainly black, with white only on cheeks and throat.… read more

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