Bank Cormorant
Phalacrocorax neglectus(Wahlberg, JA, 1855)
English (US) Bank Cormorant
The Bank Cormorant (Phalacrocorax neglectus) 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 southwestern Africa (Namibia southward to southwestern Cape Province)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Phalacrocorax neglectus
- Order
- Suliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Endangered
- English (US)
- Bank Cormorant
- Described by
- (Wahlberg, JA, 1855)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Graculus neglectus
- Described by
- (Wahlberg, JA, 1855)
- Type locality
- Islands off the coast of southwest Africa.
- Original description
- Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 12 p.214
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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