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Cormorant - Greater Cormorant

Phalacrocorax carbo

Photo by Karan Raghwa
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Field Notes

Description:

Glossy blackish, with white thigh patch; white-breasted Cormorant may be a race of the great Cormorant; eyes blue, with bare yellow skin below
Photo taken at Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania

Habitat:

Any open water, fresh or salt; Highland and rift valley lakes of Africa

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