Cormorants (Phalacrocoracidae)
Cape Cormorant (Phalacrocorax capensis) - HBW 1, p. 344
French: Cormoran du Cap
German: Kapscharbe
Spanish: Cormorán del Cabo
Taxonomy: Pelecanus capensis Sparrman, 1788, False Bay, Cape of Good Hope.
Sometimes placed in genus Leucocarbo. Monotypic.
Distribution: Coasts of Namibia and South Africa.
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A colony of birds, sunning and preening Locality Lambert's Bay, Western Cape Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Helmut Schenkel Brunner 31 July 2003 5 years ago 31 sec 4.7 -
An adult on a cliff flying off and returning Locality Cape Point, Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Francesc Capdevila i Torr... 16 April 2002 9 years ago 21 sec 3.8 -
Two adults in nests Locality Cape Point, Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Francesc Capdevila i Torr... 16 April 2002 9 years ago 12 sec 2.8 -
A breeding colony on a cliff Locality Cape Point, Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Francesc Capdevila i Torr... 16 April 2002 9 years ago 11 sec 2
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In flight.
Locality Swakopmund, Erongo Region, Namibia (Monotypic species)
Fran Trabalon 5 November 2011 1 year ago 4.2 -
Two birds
Locality Lambert's Bay, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Guy Poisson 20 November 2012 22 weeks ago 4 -
swimming in the harbor.
Locality Lüderitz, Karas Region, Namibia (Monotypic species)
Fran Trabalon 27 November 2011 1 year ago 4 -
One bird
Locality Swakopmund, Erongo Region, Namibia
Rémi Bigonneau 31 March 2009 1 year ago 3.8 -
An adult standing on rocks.
Locality Lambert's Bay, Western Cape Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
David Beadle 30 January 2011 11 weeks ago 3.8 -
A bird in heavy moult flying along a shoreline.
Locality De Hoop Nature Reserve, Western Cape Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
David Beadle 27 January 2011 11 weeks ago 3.5
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