Birds · La Saladita, Guerrero

Neotropic Cormorant

Nannopterum brasilianum

Spanish: Cormorán biguá

The neotropic cormorant or olivaceous cormorant (Nannopterum brasilianum) is a medium-sized cormorant found throughout the American tropics and subtropics, from the middle Rio Grande and the Gulf and Californian coasts of the United States south through Mexico and Central America to southern South America, where it is called by the Indian name of biguá. It also breeds on the Bahamas, Cuba and Trinidad. It can be found both at coasts (including some mangrove areas) and on...

TaxonomyAves › Suliformes › Phalacrocoracidae

Also known asPhalacrocorax brasilianus (earlier scientific name)

Local records156 research-grade observations within about 50 km of La Saladita (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones)

Global records67,419 on iNaturalist

Most recent records2026 – 2026

Months of the 8 most recent records

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Recent local sightings

2026-07-12 — observation by horchxt4
2026-06-27 — observation by adrian_mora
2026-06-20 — observation by edgar-f-maldonado
2026-06-20 — observation by edgar-f-maldonado
2026-06-20 — observation by edgar-f-maldonado
2026-05-23 — observation by adrian_mora

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Cite as: “Neotropic Cormorant (Nannopterum brasilianum) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/nannopterum-brasilianum/, updated 2026-09-26. Observation counts and months come from iNaturalist research-grade records within about 50 km of 17.8375°N, 101.7606°W (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones); summary text from Wikipedia where present.