Brandt’s Cormorant Female Skull Replica

Description

Brandt’s cormorant female skull replica measures 5.6 x 1.6 x 1.3 inches. Urile penicillatus skull is a museum-quality polyurethane resin cast of a California Academy of Sciences specimen. 2-part skull (separate cranium and mandible). 1:1 scale. Made in USA.

The cormorant family includes about 40 species of water birds. These medium to large birds weigh up to 11 pounds. Their wings can spread up to 39 inches wide. Most of these birds have dark feathers.

The Brandt’s cormorant lives only near the ocean. They stay along the Pacific coast of North America. In summer, they live from Alaska to Mexico. The northern birds fly south for the winter.

Their scientific name means a painter’s brush in Latin. This name describes the white neck feathers they grow in spring. The birds use these fine plumes to find mates.

Their common name honors a German scientist name Johann Brandt. He first discovered the bird in the 1800s. he used birds collect on Pacific trips to study them.

Scientific Classification

• Kingdom: Animalia
• Phylum: Chordata
• Class: Aves
• Order: Suliformes
• Family: Phalacrocoracidae
• Genus: Urile
• Species: U. penicillatus
• Binomial name: Urile penicillatus (Brandt, 1837)
• Conservation status: Least concern (IUCN 3.1)

Onyx, the Brandt’s cormorant female skull replica, tightly grips the steering wheel of her shiny black bumper car number thirteen, her favorite number. She cannot wait to smash into her friends’ cars.

Snow White, the American white pelican skull replica, lines up her white car directly behind Onyx. She adjusts her safety harness with a grin, waiting for the attendant to turn on the electricity so she can stomp on the gas pedal and crash into Onyx.

Scoop, the brown pelican skull replica, jumps into his red, white, and blue bumper car. He too, is excited to ram into all his friends, especially the girls to hear them scream.

Skim, the black skimmer skull replica, floors his accelerator the exact second the ride starts. He darts across the slick floor, expertly slicing his car through a tight gap to deliver a spinning t-bone collision that sends his friends flying back into their seats with laughter.