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Phalacrocorax penicillatus

Brandt's Cormorant

Pinselscharbe

The specific name of the bird, penicillatus, is Latin for a painter's brush "pencil of hairs", in reference to white plumes on its neck and back during the early breeding season. Campbell River, Vancouver Island, BC. Canada

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