Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Cormorants :: Cape Cormorant

Cape Cormorant Phalacrocorax capensis

Described by: Sparrman (1788)
Alternate common name(s): Cape Shag
Old scientific name(s): Leucocarbo capensis

Photographs

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

Coastal sw. Africa;
Breeds off Namibia (Walvis Bay to Sylvia Hill including Cape Cross and Bird Rock) and South Africa (Cape Province).
Disperses between 21°45'S and 23°20'S into the Benguela Current and n. to n. Angola (mouth of the Congo River) and and possibly Gabon e. to Durban, South Africa (Strandfontein, Western Cape) and ex. s. Mozambique.

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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