Cormorants (Phalacrocoracidae)
Pygmy Cormorant (Phalacrocorax pygmaeus) - HBW 1, p. 353
French: Cormoran pygmée
German: Zwergscharbe
Spanish: Cormorán Pigmeo
Other common names: Little Cormorant(!)
Taxonomy: Pelecanus pygmeus [sic] Pallas, 1773, Caspian Sea.
Sometimes considered conspecific with P. niger. Frequently placed in Halietor or Microcarbo. Monotypic.
Distribution: Discontinuously from SE Europe and Turkey to region of Aral Sea; formerly N Africa.
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Two birds on a branch Locality Kerkini Lake, Central Macedonia Region, Greece
Theo Mamais 18 May 2008 1 year ago 24 sec 4 -
A view of an adult with an immature bird Locality Pantan Nature Reserve, Trogir, Split-Dalmatia County, Croatia (Monotypic species)
Eric Roualet 28 April 2011 39 weeks ago 19 sec 3.5 -
A view of an immature bird Locality Pantan Nature Reserve, Trogir, Split-Dalmatia County, Croatia (Monotypic species)
Eric Roualet 28 April 2011 39 weeks ago 32 sec 3.4 -
A single bird in tree together with Great Cormorants, at fish ponds. Locality Rasht, Gilan Province, Iran (Monotypic species)
Marc de Bont 17 January 2009 45 weeks ago 22 sec 2.7 -
A bird on a trunk in the water Locality Porto Lagos, East Macedonia and Thrace Region, Greece (Monotypic species)
Peter Waanders 28 April 2005 5 years ago 13 sec 2.1 -
A bird flying away. Locality Göksü Delta, Mersin Province, Turkey
Yoel Jimenez 20 May 2004 37 weeks ago 7 sec 2
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After fishing
Locality Punte Alberete, Po Delta Regional Park, Emilia-Romagna Region, Italy (Monotypic species)
Skua Nature 1 May 2010 1 year ago 4.2 -
swimming in the Jordan river near Degania
Locality Degania, Jordan Valley, Israel
Lior Kislev 22 October 2011 7 weeks ago 3.8 -
An immature bird sitting on a rock
Locality Kerkini Lake, Central Macedonia Region, Greece
Theo Mamais 1 September 1999 3 years ago 3.5 -
Adult flying
Locality Burgas (Vaya) Lake, Bulgaria
Juan José Bazán Hiraldo 15 September 2011 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 3.3 -
A group of birds resting by the Lake
Locality Lake Volvi, Central Macedonia Region, Greece
Theo Mamais 1 September 2006 3 years ago 3 -
A bird standing on the shore.
Locality Hawr al-Azim, Khuzestan Province, Iran
musa20 20 January 2007 2 days ago ADDED LAST WEEK 2.8
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