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 2 years 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 2 years ago 19 sec 3.6 -
A view of an immature bird Locality Pantan Nature Reserve, Trogir, Split-Dalmatia County, Croatia (Monotypic species)
Eric Roualet 28 April 2011 2 years ago 32 sec 3.5 -
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 2 years ago 22 sec 2.5 -
A bird on a trunk in the water Locality Porto Lagos, East Macedonia and Thrace Region, Greece (Monotypic species)
Peter Waanders 28 April 2005 6 years ago 13 sec 2.1 -
A bird flying away. Locality Göksü Delta, Mersin Province, Turkey
Yoel Jimenez 20 May 2004 1 year 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 2 years ago 4.3 -
swimming in the Jordan river near Degania
Locality Degania, Jordan Valley, Israel
Lior Kislev 22 October 2011 1 year ago 3.8 -
Perched bird in Caorle Valley.
Locality Caorle, Veneto Region, Italy
maudoc 14 February 2010 29 weeks ago 3.8 -
bird, on a stone, drying its wings
Locality Lake Balaton, Hungary
Stefan_Thiel 11 September 2011 42 weeks ago 3.5 -
An immature bird sitting on a rock
Locality Kerkini Lake, Central Macedonia Region, Greece
Theo Mamais 1 September 1999 4 years ago 3.5 -
A bird stand
Locality Venice, Veneto Region, Italy
pascal christe 11 April 2012 39 weeks ago 3.3
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