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 6 weeks ago 1 min 24 sec 4.4 -
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 1 year ago 35 sec 4.4 -
A bird in breeding plumage, preening on a branch Locality Merri Creek, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (Monotypic species)
Nick Talbot 3 March 2007 4 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 4 years ago 5 sec 4.3 -
A group of birds on land. Locality West Belconnen Pond, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Stephen Wallace 27 December 2011 6 weeks ago 1 min 12 sec 4.2 -
Group with some immature birds on land. Two male Darters and a female Hardhead are also present. Locality West Belconnen Pond, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Stephen Wallace 17 December 2011 8 weeks ago 1 min 5 sec 4
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Perched on wooden pier
Locality Balmoral Beach, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Bob Thompson 8 April 2011 38 weeks ago 4.4 -
Adult bird on pier edge
Locality Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
David Taylor 8 May 2011 39 weeks ago 4.3 -
Adult bird perched on timber pier
Locality Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
David Taylor 8 May 2011 39 weeks ago 4.2 -
Close up od adult bird
Locality Murarrie, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
David Taylor 1 February 2011 18 weeks ago 4.1 -
Little Black Cormorant drying wings on rock
Locality Redcliffe, Queensland, Australia
cel_polo 15 October 2011 15 weeks ago 4 -
Kept us company for about 15 minutes before flying off. Probably hoping for some food.
Locality Eighty Mile Beach, Western Australia, Australia (Monotypic species)
Graham Little 12 June 2007 2 years ago 4
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