Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Cormorants :: Crowned Cormorant

Crowned Cormorant Phalacrocorax coronatus

Described by: Wahlberg (1855)
Alternate common name(s): None known by website authors
Old scientific name(s): Halietor coronatus, Microcarbo coronatus

Photographs

South Africa - Sep, 2001 © Jean-Philippe Paris 
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Range

Sw. Africa;
C. Namibia (Possession Is.) from Swakapmund s. to w. South Africa (Ichaboe and Dyer's Islets, Cape Agulhas).
May wander n. along the coast as far as Benguela, Angola.

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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