Pygmy Cormorant (Microcarbo pygmaeus)

Other Scientific Names
Halietor pygmeus [Collar and Andrew (1988)]

Family
Phalacrocoracidae (Cormorants)

Size
48 - 51 cm
Wingspan: 80 - 90 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Pallas, 1773)

Range (Guide)

Albania (B) (NB) (P), Armenia (B) (NB), Austria (NB), Azerbaijan (B) (NB) (P), Bosnia and Herzegovina (B) (NB), Bulgaria (B) (NB) (P), Croatia (Local Name: Hrvatska) (B) (NB) (P), Cyprus (NB), Georgia (B) (NB) (P), Greece (B) (NB) (P), Hungary (B) (NB), Iran [Islamic Republic of] (B) (NB), Iraq (B) (NB), Israel (B) (NB) (P), Italy (B) (NB), Jordan (E) (NB), Kazakhstan (B), Lebanon (NB) (P), Macedonia [The Former Yugoslav Republic of] (B) (NB), Moldova [Republic of] (B) (NB), Montenegro (B) (NB) (P), Romania (B) (NB) (P), Russia (European) (B) (NB) (P), Serbia (B) (NB) (P), Slovakia (Slovak Republic) (B) (NB), Slovenia (NB) (P), Spain (NB), Syrian Arab Republic (NB) (P), Tajikistan (B), Turkey (B) (NB) (P), Turkmenistan (B), Ukraine (B) (NB) (P), Uzbekistan (B).

Vagrant to Afghanistan, Algeria (E) (B), Czech Republic, France, Germany, Kuwait, Netherlands Antilles, Pakistan, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia.

Population
Estimated population is 85,000 - 180,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (10)...)

Pygmy Cormorant (Microcarbo pygmaeus) [XC746241]
by Michel Veldt from Roggiano Gravina, Province of Cosenza, Calabria, Italy (begging call, hatchling or nestling)

Pygmy Cormorant (Microcarbo pygmaeus) [XC187381]
by Dimitri from Povljana, Op\u0107ina Povljana, Zadar County, Croatia (call)

Subspecies
Sometimes considered conspecific with Little Cormorant (Microcarbo niger). Frequently placed in Halietor or Microcarbo.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Pygmy Cormorant (Microcarbo pygmaeus) - 10 files

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