| Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)] |
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Long-tailed Cormorant* |
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Microcarbo africanus |
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Description (10)
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Long-tailed Cormorant
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Other Names (World)
Long-tailed Cormorant, Reed Cormorant
Family
Phalacrocoracidae (Cormorants)
Size
58 cm
First Described (Guide)
(Gmelin, 1789)
Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Côte dIvoire, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali (B), Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sâo Tomé e Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania [United Republic of] (B), Togo, Uganda (B), Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Vagrant to Djibouti, Egypt (E) (B), Seychelles.
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.
Population
Estimated population is 200,000 - 1,200,000 (2010).
Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Food
Mainly fish. Also, sometimes frogs, aquatic invertebrates, small birds.
Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (2)...)
Reed Cormorant (Microcarbo africanus) [XC429551]
by Bram Piot from Lake Manyara National Park, road loop to lake, Babati, Arusha, Tanzania (call)
Reed Cormorant (Microcarbo africanus) [XC292041]
by Frank Lambert from Lake Awassa, Ethiopia (call)
Subspecies
Often includes Phalacrocorax coronatus as a subspecies.
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
- africanus (Gmelin, 1789) - Africa south of Sahara.
- pictilis (Bangs, 1918) - Madagascar.
References
See References.
Files:
BirdLife International
For more information about the Long-tailed Cormorant see...  BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
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