Little Pied Cormorant
Microcarbo melanoleucos(Vieillot, LJP, 1817)
English (US) Little Pied Cormorant
The Little Pied Cormorant (Microcarbo melanoleucos) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Phalacrocoracidae (Cormorants and Shags) in the order Suliformes.
- Scientific name
- Microcarbo melanoleucos
- Order
- Suliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Little Pied Cormorant
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1817)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 3 subspecies for this species.
- Microcarbo melanoleucos melanoleucos
- Microcarbo melanoleucos brevicauda
- Microcarbo melanoleucos brevirostris
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Hydrocorax melanoleucos
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1817)
- Type locality
- 'Australasie' = New South Wales, fide Mathews, 1912, Novit. Zool., 18, p. 241.
- Original description
- Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc. Nouvelle édition 8 p.88
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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