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 4 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 8 years ago 21 sec 3.5 -
Two adults in nests Locality Cape Point, Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Francesc Capdevila i Torr... 16 April 2002 8 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 8 years ago 11 sec 2
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One bird
Locality Swakopmund, Erongo Region, Namibia
Rémi Bigonneau 31 March 2009 12 weeks ago 3.8 -
Resting on a sea-side rock
Locality Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Lindsay Hansch 29 September 2008 42 weeks ago 3.3 -
A bird in flight
Locality Kommetjie, Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Tadeusz Stawarczyk 27 March 2011 7 weeks ago 3.2 -
Drying wings
Locality Western Cape Province, South Africa
Pete George 25 September 2009 1 year ago 3.2 -
A bird on a boat
Locality Lüderitz, Karas Region, Namibia
Aleix Comas 20 August 2007 2 years ago 3.2 -
Cape Cormorant at Hout Bay
Locality Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Renata Biancalana 4 weeks ago 3
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