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Genus: Microcarbo (5 species)


Reed Cormorant (Microcarbo africanus africanus) Range: AF: mainly inland; widespread Sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar Marievale Nature Reserve, South Africa Non-breeding plumage.
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A small Cormorant also known as the Long-tailed Cormorant. Breeding birds are black, while non-breeding have pale to brown front.


Crowned Cormorant (Microcarbo coronatus) Range: AF: sw coast: n Namibia to s tip of s Africa South Africa
Photograph by Graham Searll © All Rights Reserved.


Little Pied Cormorant (Microcarbo melanoleucos melanoleucos) Range: AU: Lesser Sundas and Australasia to Solomon Is., New Caledonia and New Zealand Austin's Ferry, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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An unusually red individual.


Little Cormorant (Microcarbo niger) Range: OR: widespread inland and coastal, Indus Valley (c Pakistan) through sub-Himalayan India and Nepal to Sri Lanka, e to s China, Vietnam and Java Laem Pak Bia, Phetchaburi, Thailand
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Pygmy Cormorant (Microcarbo pygmaeus) Range: PAL: inland se Europe to c Asia: ne Italy and ne Austria to c Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, and e Iraq

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