Townsend's Cormorant
Urile penicillatus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderSuliformes
- FamilyPhalacrocoracidae (Corbs marins)
- GenusUrile (North Pacific Cormorants)
- SpeciesUrile penicillatus (Townsend's Cormorant)
Closest Relatives at El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Channel Islands National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Pacific Rim National Park Reserve | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 3 | Bahía de Loreto National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 4 | El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 5 | Redwood National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Olympic National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Great Bear Rainforest | 🇨🇦 Canada |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Townsend's Cormorant in El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve?
About 17% of visitor-days record a Townsend's Cormorant sighting in El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve, based on 142 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Townsend's Cormorant in El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve?
February has the highest sighting rate for Townsend's Cormorant in El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve in our monthly data.