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Indian Cormorant or Indian Shag
Phalacrocorax fuscicollis
19.8582, 72.6816
Field Notes
Description:
This medium sized bronze brown cormorant is scalloped in black on the upper plumage. It has a small and slightly peaked head with a long narrow bill that ends in a hooked tip.Non-breeding adults and juveniles are browner.Breeding birds have a short white ear tuft.
Habitat:
Found near lakes,rivers ,jheels ,creeks
Notes:
It is an amazing sight to watch the entire group catch fish.
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedSeptember 17, 2011
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