Cormorants (Phalacrocoracidae)
Little Black Cormorant (Phalacrocorax sulcirostris) - HBW 1, p. 343
French: Cormoran noir
German: Schwarzscharbe
Spanish: Cormorán Totinegro
Other common names: Little Black Shag
Taxonomy: Carbo sulcirostris Brandt, 1837, New South Wales.
Sometimes placed in genus Hypoleucos. Division into two or three subspecies appears to be unjustified. Monotypic.
Distribution: Indonesia E to New Guinea, Australia, Tasmania and N New Zealand.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird perched between a Little Pied Cormorant and a Great Cormorant showing size and plumage differences. Locality West Belconnen Pond, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Stephen Wallace 27 December 2011 1 year ago 1 min 24 sec 4.6 -
A bird scratching the head and preening close to a Pied Cormorant and a Little Pied Cormorant (of the intermediate morph). Locality Waimanu Lagoons, Waikanae, North Island, New Zealand (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 9 February 2013 6 weeks ago 40 sec 4.5 -
A bird drying the wings and preening in a tree, turning around. Locality Waimanu Lagoons, Waikanae, North Island, New Zealand (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 9 February 2013 6 weeks ago 33 sec 4.5 -
Two birds perched on a dead branch and a close-up of them. Locality Corowa Sewage Ponds, Corowa, New South Wales, Australia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 26 October 2009 2 years ago 35 sec 4.5 -
A bird in breeding plumage, preening on a branch Locality Merri Creek, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (Monotypic species)
Nick Talbot 3 March 2007 5 years ago 15 sec 4.4 -
A close-up of a bird in breeding plumage Locality Perth, Western Australia, Australia (Monotypic species)
Nick Talbot 9 June 2007 5 years ago 5 sec 4.3
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Perched on wooden pier
Locality Balmoral Beach, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Bob Thompson 8 April 2011 2 years ago 4.3 -
Adult bird on pier edge
Locality Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
David Taylor 8 May 2011 2 years ago 4.3 -
Drying Off
Locality Victoria, Australia
Ian Colley 5 November 2007 50 weeks ago 4.2 -
Adult bird perched on timber pier
Locality Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
David Taylor 8 May 2011 2 years ago 4.2 -
Swimming on the surface after emerging from a dive.
Locality Tomato Lake, Kewdale, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Nicholas Tomney 24 April 2013 4 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 4.1 -
Close up od adult bird
Locality Murarrie, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
David Taylor 1 February 2011 1 year ago 4.1
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A group of roosting birds squabbling on a breakwater. Locality Western Treatment Plant, Werribee, Victoria, Australia
(Monotypic species)
Nick Talbot 26 March 2012 1 year ago 3
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