Red-faced Cormorant

Red-faced Cormorant

Phalacrocorax urile

50–60% · Likely
overall probability at Kenai Fjords National Park

Closest Relatives at Kenai Fjords National Park

Pelagic Cormorant

Pelagic Cormorant

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Phalacrocorax pelagicus

70–80% · Very likely
Double-crested Cormorant

Double-crested Cormorant

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Phalacrocorax auritus

50–60% · Likely

📅 Monthly Probability

50–60
Jan
50–60
Feb
60–70
Mar
50–60
Apr
30–40
May
60–70
Jun
30–40
Jul
40–50
Aug
30–40
Sep
50–60
Oct
50–60
Nov
50–60
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
50–60%
2 Wrangell-St. Elias National Park 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data
3 Katmai National Park 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data
4 Great Bear Rainforest 🇨🇦 Canada
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Red-faced Cormorant in Kenai Fjords National Park?

About 52% of visitor-days record a Red-faced Cormorant sighting in Kenai Fjords National Park, based on 382 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Red-faced Cormorant in Kenai Fjords National Park?

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

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