Little Cormorant
Microcarbo niger(Vieillot, LJP, 1817)
English (US) Little Cormorant
The Little Cormorant (Microcarbo niger) 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.
Range: inland and coastal, from Indus Valley (central Pakistan) southward to Sri Lanka and eastward through sub-Himalayan India to southern China, Vietnam, and JavaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Microcarbo niger
- Order
- Suliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Little Cormorant
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1817)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Hydrocorax niger
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1817)
- Type locality
- East Indies = Bengal.
- 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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Reed Cormorant
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Little Pied Cormorant
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Pygmy Cormorant
Microcarbo pygmaeus
Red-legged Cormorant
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European Shag
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Flightless Cormorant
Nannopterum harrisi
Neotropic Cormorant
Nannopterum brasilianum
Double-crested Cormorant
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Rock Shag
Leucocarbo magellanicus
Guanay Cormorant
Leucocarbo bougainvilliorum
Bounty Shag
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