Socotra Cormorant
Phalacrocorax nigrogularisOgilvie-Grant, WR; Forbes, HO, 1899
English (US) Socotra Cormorant
The Socotra Cormorant (Phalacrocorax nigrogularis) 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: seacoasts and islands in Persian Gulf, Arabian Sea (off Oman), Gulf of Aden, Socotra, and perhaps Red Sea (off Eritrea)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Phalacrocorax nigrogularis
- Order
- Suliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Socotra Cormorant
- Described by
- Ogilvie-Grant, WR; Forbes, HO, 1899
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Ogilvie-Grant, WR; Forbes, HO, 1899
- Type locality
- Socotra.
- Original description
- Bulletin of the Liverpool Museums 2, no.1 p.3
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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