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cormorant: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Add new Web site: GovInfo - Cormorant (PDF). Jan 02, 2025
Add new Web site: Internet Center for Wildlife Damage Management - Cormorants. Jul 05, 2024
Add new Web site: The Canadian Encyclopedia - Cormorant. Feb 22, 2024
Links and photo added. Sep 29, 2023
Add new Web site: Young People's Trust For the Environment - Cormorant - Overview. Jul 28, 2023
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Cormorants dive through the Polar night. Apr 21, 2023
Add new Web site: A-Z Animals - Cormorant. Jan 09, 2023
Added video. Feb 27, 2015
Acknowledged taxonomic uncertainty. Jul 18, 2014
Added new Web site: Patuxent Wildlife Research Center - Pelagic Cormorant. Sep 27, 2007
Added new Web site: Birds in Backyards - Little Black Cormorant. Sep 27, 2007
Added new Web site: British Trust for Ornithology - Cormorant. Sep 27, 2007
Added new Web site: The Cornell Lab of Ornithology - All About Birds - Pelagic Cormorant. Sep 27, 2007
Added new Web site: Cornell Lab of Ornithology - Double-crested Cormorant. Sep 27, 2007
Added new Web site: Monterey Bay - Cormorant. Sep 27, 2007
Added new Web site: Patuxent Wildlife Research Center - Double-crested Cormorant. Sep 27, 2007
Article added to new online database. May 04, 1999
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