Cormorants (Phalacrocoracidae)
Little Pied Cormorant (Phalacrocorax melanoleucos) - HBW 1, p. 352
French: Cormoran pie
German: Kräuselscharbe
Spanish: Cormorán Piquicorto
Other common names: Little (Black and White) Cormorant/Shag, Little River/White-throated/Frilled Shag
Taxonomy: Hydrocorax melanoleucos Vieillot, 1817, Australasie = New South Wales.
Frequently placed in Halietor or Microcarbo. Polymorphic race brevirostris may be distinct species. Three subspecies normally recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- melanoleucos (Vieillot, 1817) - E Indonesia to Solomon Is and New Caledonia; Australia and Tasmania; Campbell I.
- brevicauda Mayr, 1931 - Rennell I (Solomon Is).
- brevirostris Gould, 1837 - New Zealand, Stewart I.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Take off from water and flight (slowed to 50%) Locality West Belconnen Pond, Australian Capital Territory, Australia (ssp melanoleucos)
Stephen Wallace 14 March 2010 1 year ago 17 sec 4 -
Several views of a bird fishing. Locality Parc Zoologique et Forestier, Nouméa, South Province, New Caledonia (ssp melanoleucos)
Josep del Hoyo 28 October 2010 2 years ago 44 sec 4 -
A close-up of a bird drying its wings. Locality Parc Zoologique et Forestier, Nouméa, South Province, New Caledonia (ssp melanoleucos)
Josep del Hoyo 28 October 2010 2 years ago 20 sec 4 -
An individual sunning in a trunk, close to a Rufous Night-Heron. Locality Parc Zoologique et Forestier, Nouméa, South Province, New Caledonia (ssp melanoleucos)
Josep del Hoyo 28 October 2010 2 years ago 31 sec 4 -
Swimming, looking under the water, and finally diving and swimming underwater. Locality Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (ssp melanoleucos)
Robert Schaefer 20 September 2010 2 years ago 35 sec 4 -
A bird preening its breast feathers Locality Royal Botanical Gardens, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (ssp melanoleucos)
Eldert Groenewoud 15 July 2007 5 years ago 21 sec 4
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Three birds perched on three pier posts. The one in the back is a juvenile, the other two are adults moulting into the white-thr
Locality Rotorua, North Island, New Zealand
Martin Främke 22 March 2012 22 weeks ago 3.5 -
Broget Dværgskarv
Locality Queenstown, South Island, New Zealand
Christian Michael Mortensen 7 February 2011 34 weeks ago 3.5 -
A bird perching on a branch beside the water.
Locality Lake Pertobe, Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia (ssp melanoleucos)
Nick Talbot 9 July 2011 1 year ago 3.5 -
Little pied cormorant with wings extended
Locality Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia (ssp melanoleucos)
Margaret Leggoe 3 February 2010 3 years ago 3.5 -
A juvenile perching on a branch.
Locality Terranora Broadwater, Tweed Heads, New South Wales, Australia (ssp melanoleucos)
Nick Talbot 24 December 2010 2 years ago 3.5 -
Adult bird wing drying on tree branch above a stream.
Locality Hallett Cove Beach, Hallett Cove, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia (ssp melanoleucos)
Edward Smith 2 November 2010 2 years ago 3.4
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Call by one bird (repeated). Locality Waimanu Lagoons, Waikanae, North Island, New Zealand
(ssp brevirostris)
Josep del Hoyo 9 February 2013 6 weeks ago 3 -
A bird making a low noise in its throat near its nest. Locality Vintage Lakes, Tweed Heads, New South Wales, Australia
(ssp melanoleucos)
Nick Talbot 23 August 2012 33 weeks ago 0
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