Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Cormorants :: Little Black Cormorant

Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris

Described by: Brandt (1837)
Alternate common name(s): Black Cormorant
Old scientific name(s): Hypoleucos sulcirostris

Photographs

Ocean View, Queensland, Australia - Dec, 2002 © Tom Tarrant  Mallacoota, Victoria, Australia - 1970 © Hans&Judy Beste  Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia - 2010 © Hans&Judy Beste  Australia - Aug, 2000 © Giuliano Gerra and Silvio Sommazzi  Perth, Western Australia, Australia - Aug 6, 2006 © Jean-Philippe Paris 
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Range

E. and s. Indonesia to New Guinea, Australia, Tasmania and n. New Zealand;
Malay Archipelago on Java (in the w. at Pulau Rambut and Pulau Dua), Bali, Borneo (at least formerly), Sulawesi, and the Moluccas, New Guinea, D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago (Fergusson Is.) and Aru Is., Australia (sw. and n. Western Australia, n. Northern Territory, e. Queensland, New South Wales in the Murray-Darling Basin, Victoria, e. South Australia), New Caledonia (swamp near Noumea Race Course), Norfolk Is., New Zealand (North Island, Waikare, Bay of Plenty, Rangaunu Bay).
Disperses to Tasmania and some birds may move between Indonesia, Australia and New Zealand.

Videos

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Sounds

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References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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