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 LC    Little Cormorant* Id (Atlas):
    Microcarbo niger

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Little Cormorant, Javan Cormorant, Javanese Cormorant, Pygmy Cormorant

Family
Phalacrocoracidae (Cormorants)

Size
51 - 54.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Vieillot, 1817)

Range (Guide)
Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China (mainland), India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam (B).

Vagrant to Afghanistan.

Population
Estimated population is 280,000 - 350,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (4)...)

 
Little Cormorant (Microcarbo niger) [XC611462]
     by GABRIEL LEITE from grt Jewellers Nanganallur (near Chennai), Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India (call, call from a nest in a breeding colony)

 
Little Cormorant (Microcarbo niger) [XC890203]
     by id from Laem Phak Bia (near \u0e15\u0e33\u0e1a\u0e25 \u0e41\u0e2b\u0e25\u0e21\u0e1c\u0e31\u0e01\u0e40\u0e1a\u0e35\u0e49\u0e22), \u0e2d\u0e33\u0e40\u0e20\u0e2d \u0e1a\u0e49\u0e32\u0e19\u0e41\u0e2b\u0e25\u0e21, \u0e40\u0e1e\u0e0a\u0e23\u0e1a\u0e38\u0e23\u0e35, Thailand (call)

Subspecies
Often considered a subspecies of Pygmy Cormorant (Microcarbo pygmaeus).

No subspecies.


References
See References.


Files:
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