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Tracking Data for Red-Faced Cormorants (Phalacrocorax urile)

Published by U.S. Geological Survey | Department of the Interior | Metadata Last Checked: January 07, 2026 | Last Modified: 2024-10-02T00:00:00Z
This data release includes 2 child items with tracking data for Red-faced Cormorants, a seabird species that is found only in the North Pacific Ocean, breeding and wintering from southern Alaska and throughout the Aleutian Islands to Far Eastern Russia. Child Item 1: "Argos Satellite Tracking Data for Red-faced Cormorants (Phalacrocorax urile) - Processed Data" -- Quality-controlled data collected from Argos satellite transmitters. Child Item 2: "Argos Satellite Tracking Data for Red-faced Cormorants (Phalacrocorax urile) - Raw Data" -- All raw data collected from Argos satellite transmitters, provided for completeness of the archive. The quality-controlled, "Argos Processed Data" (Child Item 1) are better suited for most analytical purposes.

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