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Within Vinony's link graph, Little Cormorant is referenced by 189 other articles, and connects out to European shag, Red-legged Cormorant and Otago Shag.
Vinony files it under Birds described in 1817, Birds of Indomalaya and IUCN Red List least concern species.
Its subject is documented across 44 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
Least Concernvia IUCN
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Microcarbo
- Mass
- 427
- Image
- SL Bundala NP asv2020-01 img11.jpg
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- Commons category
- Microcarbo niger
- taxon name
- Microcarbo niger
- Commons gallery
- Microcarbo niger
- wingspan
- 90
- taxon common name
- corvo-marinho-pequeno-oriental
- short name
- M. niger
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Encyclopedic overview
The little cormorant (Microcarbo niger) is a member of the cormorant family of seabirds. Slightly smaller than the Indian cormorant it lacks a peaked head and has a shorter beak. It is widely distributed across the Indian subcontinent and extends east to Java, where it is sometimes called the Javanese cormorant. It forages singly or sometimes in loose groups in lowland freshwater bodies, including small ponds, large lakes, streams and sometimes coastal estuaries. Like other cormorants, it is often found perched on a waterside rock with its wings spread out after coming out of the water. The entire body is black in the breeding season but the plumage is brownish, and the throat has a small whitish patch in the non-breeding season. These birds breed gregariously in trees, often joining other waterbirds at heronries.
Description
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Little Cormorant” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.