- Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
Identification
Black, greenish sheen to back and a slender grey hooked bill.
Distribution
Australia, Borneo, Java, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Solomon Islands, Palau and New Zealand.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Freshwater wetlands
Behaviour
Diet
Diet consists mostly of fish, crustaceans and aquatic insects.
Breeding
They nest in colonies, often on the fringes of heron or ibis colonies. They have a large stick nest in the fork of a tree or on the ground. Both sexes share nest-building, incubation and feeding of the young.
References
Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2022. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2022. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Little Black Cormorant. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 11 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Little_Black_Cormorant
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.
