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title: "Red-legged Cormorant"
description: "Poikilocarbo gaimardi — Aves. The red-legged cormorant (Poikilocarbo gaimardi), also known as the red-legged shag, red-footed cormorant, red-footed shag, Gaimard's cormorant and grey cormorant, is a species of cormorant resident to the coastline of South America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/red-legged-cormorant
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Red-legged Cormorant

> Poikilocarbo gaimardi — Aves. The red-legged cormorant (Poikilocarbo gaimardi), also known as the red-legged shag, red-footed cormorant, red-footed shag, Gaimard's cormorant and grey cormorant, is a species of cormorant resident to the coastline of South America.

- Scientific name: *Poikilocarbo gaimardi*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 1790
- Wikidata: [Q82988231](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82988231)
- iNaturalist taxon: [1289608](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1289608)

## Names

- en: Red-legged Cormorant
- de: Buntscharbe
- es: Lile
- fr: Cormoran de Gaimard
- nl: Roodpootaalscholver
- pl: Kormoran czerwononogi

## Countries with the most observations

CL (1064), PE (525), AR (124), EC (4)

## Summary

The red-legged cormorant (Poikilocarbo gaimardi), also known as the red-legged shag, red-footed cormorant, red-footed shag, Gaimard's cormorant and grey cormorant, is a species of cormorant resident to the coastline of South America. It is the only member of the genus Poikilocarbo. It is non-colonial unlike most seabirds. The red-legged cormorant has not been observed wing-spreading, which is unusual among cormorant species.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-legged_cormorant

## Photo

![Red-legged Cormorant](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/red-legged-cormorant/medium.jpg)

Photo: Ruth Gutiérrez Oliveros · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/217203831

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/red-legged-cormorant?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).