Reed Cormorant

Microcarbo africanus - Cormoran africain

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Suliformes

  • Family
    :

    Phalacrocoracidés

  • Genus
    :

    Microcarbo

  • Species
    :

    africanus

Descriptor

Gmelin, JF, 1789

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 60 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 80 à 90 cm.
  • Weight
    : 680 à 685 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Cormoran africain
adult plum. breeding
Cormoran africain
First year

Reed Cormorant (Microcarbo africanus) is a species of bird in the Phalacrocoracidae family.

Subspecific information 2 subspecies

  • Microcarbo africanus africanus (Africa south of the Sahara)
  • Microcarbo africanus pictilis (Madagascar)

Foreign names

  • Cormoran africain,
  • Cormorán africano,
  • corvo-marinho-africano,
  • Riedscharbe,
  • afrikai kárókatona,
  • Afrikaanse Dwergaalscholver,
  • Cormorano africano,
  • långstjärtad skarv,
  • Langhaleskarv,
  • kormorán dlhochvostý,
  • kormorán dlouhoocasý,
  • Rørskarv,
  • kaislamerimetso,
  • Rietduiker,
  • corb marí africà,
  • Vatnaskarfur,
  • kormoran etiopski,
  • niedru ūdenis,
  • afriški kormoran,
  • Камышовый баклан,
  • アフリカコビトウ,
  • 长尾鸬鹚,
  • 長尾鸕鷀,

Voice song and cries

Cormoran africain
Second

Habitat

Cormoran africain
juvenile

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level, Subtropical/Tropical Swamp

; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls), Shrub Dominated Wetlands, Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands, Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha), Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha), Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha), Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha), Permanent Saline, Brackish or alkaline Lakes, Seasonal/Intermittent Saline, Brackish or alkaline Lakes and Flats ; Marine Neritic : Subtidal Rock and Rocky Reefs, Subtidal Loose Rock/pebble/gravel, Subtidal Sandy, Subtidal Sandy-Mud, Macroalgal/Kelp, Seagrass (Submerged), Estuaries ; Marine Coastal/Supratidal : Sea Cliffs and Rocky Offshore Islands, Coastal Freshwater Lakes ; Artificial/Aquatic and Marine : Ponds (below 8ha)

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

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published: - Updated: 16-03-2005
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