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Little Cormorant

Microcarbo niger

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Indian cormorant

Phalacrocorax fuscicollis

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Zlatan Celebic
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Comments (8)
ForestDragon
I agree with Zlatan, this looks much closer to an immature Indian Cormorant. The length of the beak is another good indicator that this is not a Little Cormorant. Here are some links to compare: Little Cormorant: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_cormorant http://orientalbirdimages.org/search.php?Bird_ID=1089&Bird_Image_ID=167522 Indian Cormorant: http://orientalbirdimages.org/search.php?Bird_ID=1081&Bird_Image_ID=168550 http://orientalbirdimages.org/search.php?Bird_ID=1081&Bird_Image_ID=168550
Zlatan Celebic
To me this looks more like Indian cormorant, because of bronzy appearance, yellow bill and blue eye...
SachindraUmesh
im not that good with birds =) but as i know Phalacrocorax grnerally refers to the bird family Phalacrocoracidae , to which the comorants belong.The Microcarbo genus was formerly subsumed within Phalacrocorax. **Microcarbo has been recognized as a valid genus by the IOC’s World Bird List (Gill and Donsker 2010) on the basis of work by Siegel-Causey (1988), Kennedy et al. (2000), and Christidis and Boles (2008). - Via wikipedia
Chamalka Dulmini
According to my guide the scientefic name is Phalacrocorax niger.?
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PublishedNovember 5, 2013

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