Red-faced Cormorant

Red-faced Cormorant

Phalacrocorax urile

50–60% · Likely
overall probability at Kenai Fjords National Park
382 Verified records at Kenai Fjords National Park
March Best month highest sighting rate
☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

The red-faced cormorant (Urile urile), red-faced shag or violet shag, is a bird species of the family Phalacrocoracidae. Its range spans from the eastern tip of Hokkaidō in Japan, northern korean peninsula, via the Kuril Islands, the southern tip of the Kamchatka Peninsula and the Aleutian Arc to the Alaska Peninsula and Gulf of Alaska. Wikipedia →

50–60% of wildlife watchers report a Red-faced Cormorant sighting in Kenai Fjords National Park, based on 382 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

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 wildlife watchers report a Red-faced Cormorant sighting in Kenai Fjords National Park, based on 382 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

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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