Black-faced Cormorant
Phalacrocorax fuscescens(Vieillot, LJP, 1817)
English (US) Black-faced Cormorant
The Black-faced Cormorant (Phalacrocorax fuscescens) 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: coastal southern Australia (southern Western Australia to southeastern New South Wales, Tasmania and Bass Strait islands)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Phalacrocorax fuscescens
- Order
- Suliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Black-faced Cormorant
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1817)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Hydrocorax fuscescens
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1817)
- Type locality
- 'Australasie.'
- 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.86
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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