Suliformes Skull Replica or Brandt’s Cormorant measures 5.6 inches. Brandts Cormorant Female Skull is museum quality polyurethane cast. Made in USA. Suliformes Skull Replica is cast of an original California Academy of Sciences specimen. 2-part skull (separate cranium and jaw).
Brandt’s cormorant (Urile penicillatus) is a strictly marine bird of the cormorant family of seabirds that inhabits the Pacific coast of North America.
Suliformes or Brandt’s Cormorants are large and heavy-bodied birds with long, skinny necks and ovular bodies. Both sexes are similar in size, measuring lengths between two and three feet, weighing three to six pounds, and with wingspans that reach nearly four feet across.
Juveniles have a brown plumage covering their bodies, with a lighter shade covering their necks and breast, creating a V shape pattern. Adults look much different, marked by black plumage with a purple tint, white, whiskery feathers on the head, neck, and shoulders, and, during early breeding season, bright blue skin patches on their throats.
Suliformes or Brandt’s Cormorants bills are fairly long in proportion to the rest of the body with a hooked tip at the end. Their tails are medium in length, their legs short, and their feet webbed.