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Phalacrocorax nigrogularis
Photo by Gashead
Photo taken: Dubai creek

Identification

Black bird. In breeding condition, its forecrown has a purple gloss and its upperparts have a slaty-green tinge, there are a few white plumes around the eye and neck and a few white streaks at the rump. Its legs and feet are black and its gular skin black.

Distribution

Persian Gulf and the south-east coast of the Arabian Peninsula.

Taxonomy

Habitat

Behaviour

It dives for its food.

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