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Neotropic Cormorant

Phalacrocorax brasilianus

A summer resident that nests in Arkansas. Found in 1 of 75 counties, across 4 habitats.

Here
Summer
Nesting
Nests here
Range
1 of 75 counties
Habitats
4

At a glance

Group
Birds
Here
Summer
Nesting
Nests here
Range
1 of 75 counties
Habitats
4
Habitat models
Summer, Winter

Where it lives

The places its habitat model includes. It is not found everywhere a habitat occurs.

Habitats in Arkansas 4

Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

1 of 4

Disturbed and introduced wetlands

Wet ground taken over by weedy or introduced plants after disturbance, such as common reed, Chinese tallow or tamarisk stands; the upland counterpart is roadsides, fields and disturbed ground.

SummerWinter

Floodplain and bottomland forests

Forests on low ground beside rivers and streams that flood from time to time.

SummerWinterWest Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Forest; West Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest; Red River Large Floodplain Forest

Ponds, lakes and their shores

Still water and its edges: ponds, lakes, millponds and reservoirs.

SummerWinterOpen Water (Fresh)

Swamps

Forested wetlands with standing water much of the year, such as cypress and gum swamps.

SummerWinterWest Gulf Coastal Plain Seepage Swamp and Baygall
Other habitats in its models (25)

Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Arkansas.

  • Open Water (Brackish/Salt) Summer and winter.
  • Open Water (Aquaculture) Summer and winter.
  • Central and South Texas Coastal Fringe Forest and Woodland Summer and winter, only within 250 m of water.
  • East-Central Texas Plains Riparian Forest Summer and winter.
  • East-Central Texas Plains Floodplain Forest Summer and winter.
  • Central and Upper Texas Coast Dune and Coastal Grassland Summer and winter.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Bay/Gum Modifier Summer and winter.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Pine Modifier Summer and winter.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Nupea Modifier Summer and winter.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Clethra Modifier Summer and winter.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Seepage Swamp and Baygall Summer and winter.
  • Gulf and Atlantic Coastal Plain Swamp Systems Summer and winter.
  • Gulf and Atlantic Coastal Plain Tidal Marsh Systems Summer and winter.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Large River Swamp Summer and winter.
  • Texas Saline Coastal Prairie Summer and winter.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Cypress Dome Summer and winter.
  • Western Great Plains Depressional Wetland Systems Summer and winter.
  • Western Great Plains Open Freshwater Depression Wetland Summer and winter.
  • Western Great Plains Closed Depression Wetland Summer and winter.
  • Western Great Plains Saline Depression Wetland Summer and winter.
  • Western Great Plains Floodplain Systems Summer and winter.
  • Western Great Plains Floodplain Summer and winter.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Hydric Hammock Summer and winter.
  • Western Great Plains Riparian Woodland and Shrubland Summer and winter.
  • Texas-Louisiana Coastal Prairie Slough Summer and winter.

All habitats

Seasons in Arkansas

  • Summer: nests here, in 1 of 75 counties.

Also found in this habitat

Plants 199

Plants named in NatureServe descriptions of these habitats that grow in Arkansas. Shared habitat, not food.

Wildlife 216

Other animals whose habitat models include the same habitats in Arkansas. Not sighting records.

NatureServe Explorer, CC BY 4.0. USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.

Sources