White-breasted Cormorant - Phalacrocorax lucidus

Cormoran à poitrine blanche

White-breasted Cormorantjuvenile, pigmentation
Locally common, they live in coastal or fresh waters. They feed mainly on fish. They are the largest cormorants of Africa south of the Sahara.
Localement communs, ils vivent sur les eaux côtières ou douces. Ils se nourrissent principalement de poisson. Ce sont les plus grands cormorans d'Afrique, au sud du Sahara.

  • pigmentation
  • juvenile
  • Cormorán Cuelliblanco
  • corvo-marinho-de-peito-branco
  • Weißbrustkormoran
  • Phalacrocorax lucidus
  • Suliformes

The species

Classification

Order  : Suliformes
Family : Phalacrocoracidae
Species : White-breasted Cormorant


specie's pictures

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The picture

O.Net ref. : cadw23421
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Plumage : juvenile

Shooting

Exif Data [+] [-]



Model : NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D200

Exposure : 1/200 s

aperture : 5.6


Focal length : 550 mm


Iso : 400


Flash : no