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| + | [[File:Little_Cormorant_Perched_JBPXL.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo © by {{user|jbpixels|jbpixels}}<br />Samut Songkhram, [[Thailand]], November 2019]] | ||
;[[:Category:Microcarbo|Microcarbo]] niger | ;[[:Category:Microcarbo|Microcarbo]] niger | ||
''Phalacrocorax niger'' | ''Phalacrocorax niger'' | ||
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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| − | 55 cm | + | [[Image:Little_Cormorant.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo © by {{user|obasanmi|obasanmi}}<br/>Kumarakom, [[India]], March 2005]] |
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| + | Mainly glossy black in the breeding season, with white head plumes and a whitish throat. The wing [[Topography#General Anatomy|coverts]] are silvery, and it has a long tail. | ||
Sexes are similar, but non-breeding adults and juveniles are browner and lack the head plumes. | Sexes are similar, but non-breeding adults and juveniles are browner and lack the head plumes. | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| − | + | [[Asia]]: found in southern [[Pakistan]], [[India]], [[Sri Lanka]] and [[Indonesia]]. | |
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| − | + | Formerly placed in genus [[:Category:Phalacrocorax|Phalacrocorax]]. | |
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| + | This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>. | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
| + | [[Image:little_cormorant_alok.JPG|thumb|350px|right|Breeding Plumage<br />Photo © by {{user|aloktewari|Alok Tewari}}<br/>[[Keoladeo National Park]], Bharatpur, [[India]], June 2017]] | ||
Freshwater wetlands and on coasts. | Freshwater wetlands and on coasts. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
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| − | + | The clutch contains 2-6 eggs, though usually four are laid. The nest is made from sticks and leaves placed in bushes or trees over water in a or in reed beds or long grass. | |
| − | It can dive to considerable depths, but usually feeds in shallow water. It frequently brings prey to the surface. | + | ====Diet==== |
| + | It can dive to considerable depths, but usually feeds in shallow water. It frequently brings prey to the surface. Their diet consists of a wide variety of small freshwater fish, frogs and tadpoles. | ||
| + | ==References== | ||
| + | #{{Ref-Clements6thAug21}} | ||
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| + | ==External Links== | ||
| + | {{GSearch|"Microcarbo niger" {{!}} "Phalacrocorax niger" {{!}} "Little Cormorant"}} | ||
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Microcarbo]] | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Microcarbo]] | ||
Latest revision as of 21:31, 26 April 2023
- Microcarbo niger
Phalacrocorax niger
Identification
55 cm
Mainly glossy black in the breeding season, with white head plumes and a whitish throat. The wing coverts are silvery, and it has a long tail.
Sexes are similar, but non-breeding adults and juveniles are browner and lack the head plumes.
Distribution
Asia: found in southern Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka and Indonesia.
Taxonomy
Formerly placed in genus Phalacrocorax.
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Freshwater wetlands and on coasts.
Behaviour
Breeding
The clutch contains 2-6 eggs, though usually four are laid. The nest is made from sticks and leaves placed in bushes or trees over water in a or in reed beds or long grass.
Diet
It can dive to considerable depths, but usually feeds in shallow water. It frequently brings prey to the surface. Their diet consists of a wide variety of small freshwater fish, frogs and tadpoles.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2021. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Little Cormorant. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 13 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Little_Cormorant
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.1
