Cormorant behavior
| Title | Info |
|---|---|
| Common name | Cormorants, Brandt'; s |
| Scientific name | Phalacrocorax penicillatus |
| Taxonomic group | Phalacrocoracidae |
| Source | Dan L. Perlman |
| Ecological interactions | Predation |
| Selection and adaptations | Variation |
| Change over time | Life cycles |
| Behavior | Social; Parental; Nesting |
| Organisms | Animals |
| Animals | Birds |
| Lessons | Natural Selection; Variation |
| Location | Point Lobos,California,USA,North America |
Variation in nest behavior in cormorants, California. These cormorants appear to exhibit a great deal of variation in their parental behavior, which may be under genetic control. Some parents are quite attentive and others are not. Meanwhile, the gull lurking in the foreground may be looking for a chance to prey on eggs or young. If the cormorant parental behaviors are at least partly genetically based, this genetic variability may play a role as raw material for natural selection.
