Pelagic Cormorant

Pelagic Cormorant

Phalacrocorax pelagicus

70–80% · Very likely
overall probability at Kenai Fjords National Park

📅 Monthly Probability

70–80
Jan
70–80
Feb
70–80
Mar
70–80
Apr
50–60
May
70–80
Jun
60–70
Jul
70–80
Aug
70–80
Sep
70–80
Oct
70–80
Nov
70–80
Dec

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

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 Kenai Fjords National Park 🇺🇸 United States
70–80%
2 Pacific Rim National Park Reserve 🇨🇦 Canada
30–40%
3 Great Bear Rainforest 🇨🇦 Canada
20–30%
4 Olympic National Park 🇺🇸 United States
10–20%
5 Redwood National Park 🇺🇸 United States
10–20%
6 Channel Islands National Park 🇺🇸 United States
10–20%
7 Katmai National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
8 Wrangell-St. Elias National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Pelagic Cormorant in Kenai Fjords National Park?

About 71% of visitor-days record a Pelagic Cormorant sighting in Kenai Fjords National Park, based on 525 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Pelagic Cormorant in Kenai Fjords National Park?

March has the highest sighting rate for Pelagic Cormorant in Kenai Fjords National Park in our monthly data.

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