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[[File:Little_Cormorant_Perched_JBPXL.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo &copy; by {{user|jbpixels|jbpixels}}<br />Samut Songkhram, [[Thailand]], November 2019]]
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==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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Location: kumarakom,india
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[[Image:Little_Cormorant.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo &copy; by {{user|obasanmi|obasanmi}}<br/>Kumarakom, [[India]], March 2005]]
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The Little Cormorant (Phalacrocorax niger) is a member of the cormorant family of seabirds. It breeds in tropical south Asia from Southern Pakistan through India and Sri Lanka east to Indonesia. It is resident but undertakes some limited seasonal movements.
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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.
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This is a common and widespread bird species. It breeds in freshwater wetlands and on coasts. 3-5 eggs are laid in a nest in a tree or long grass.
 
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This is a small cormorant, 55 cm in length. Its rectangular head profile and short bill are distinctions from the somewhat larger Indian Cormorant. Little Cormorant is mainly glossy black in the breeding season, with white head plumes and a whitish throat. The wing coverts are silvery, and it has a longish 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.
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==Distribution==
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[[Asia]]: found in southern [[Pakistan]], [[India]], [[Sri Lanka]] and  [[Indonesia]].
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==Taxonomy==
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Formerly placed in genus [[:Category:Phalacrocorax|Phalacrocorax]].
  
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The Little Cormorant can dive to considerable depths, but usually feeds in shallow water. It frequently brings prey to the surface. A wide variety of fish are taken.
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This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.
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==Habitat==
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[[Image:little_cormorant_alok.JPG|thumb|350px|right|Breeding Plumage<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|aloktewari|Alok Tewari}}<br/>[[Keoladeo National Park]], Bharatpur, [[India]], June 2017]]
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Freshwater wetlands and on coasts.
  
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==Behaviour==
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====Breeding====
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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.
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====Diet====
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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.
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==References==
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Latest revision as of 21:31, 26 April 2023

Photo © by jbpixels
Samut Songkhram, Thailand, November 2019
Microcarbo niger

Phalacrocorax niger

Identification

Photo © by obasanmi
Kumarakom, India, March 2005

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

Breeding Plumage
Photo © by Alok Tewari
Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, India, June 2017

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

  1. 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/

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External Links

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