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guanay
[gwuh-nahy, gwah-nahy]
noun
plural
guanayes, guanaysa cormorant, Phalacrocorax bougainvillii, of islands off the coasts of Peru and Chile, a chief source of guano.
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One of the rescued birds - a black-and-white Guanay cormorant - looked monochrome black, its white chest and belly covered in oil.
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Before the spill, the island was home to 160,000 Guanay cormorants, according to Sernanp, as well as a large number of Peruvian boobys and Humboldt penguins.
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Each guanay, it figures, eats 240 lbs. of anchovetas a year, processing its catch into 33 lbs. of guano.
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