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 NR    White-breasted Cormorant* [Note: Not Recognized by HBW - BirdLife (v3)] Id (Atlas):
    Phalacrocorax lucidus

Description (10)
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Family
Phalacrocoracidae (Cormorants)

Size
80 - 100 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Lichtenstein, MHK, 1823)

Range (Guide)
Breeds Cape Verde Islands, along the coasts of Africa from Mauritania to South Africa. Also central African lakes.
 
Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (9)...)

 
White-breasted Cormorant (Phalacrocorax lucidus) [XC774617]
     by id from Crescent Island, Lake Naivasha, Nakuru County, Kenya (begging call, call, roosting calls)

 
White-breasted Cormorant (Phalacrocorax lucidus) [XC344284]
     by Oliver Fowler from PN des Iles de la Madeleine, Senegal (begging call, call)

Subspecies
Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo).

No subspecies.


References
See References.


Files:
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