Little Pied Cormorant

Microcarbo melanoleucos - Cormoran pie

Cormoran pie
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Suliformes

  • Family
    :

    Phalacrocoracidés

  • Genus
    :

    Microcarbo

  • Species
    :

    melanoleucos

Descriptor

Vieillot, 1817

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 65 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 84 à 91 cm.
  • Weight
    : 487 à 900 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Cormoran pie
adult
Cormoran pie
adult

Little Pied Cormorant (Microcarbo melanoleucos) is a species of bird in the Phalacrocoracidae family.

Subspecific information 3 subspecies

  • Microcarbo melanoleucos melanoleucos (Lesser Sundas to Australia)
  • Microcarbo melanoleucos brevicauda (Rennell I.. Solomon Is..)
  • Microcarbo melanoleucos brevirostris (New Zealand)

Foreign names

  • Cormoran pie,
  • Cormorán piquicorto,
  • corvo-marinho-alvinegro-pequeno,
  • Kräuselscharbe,
  • fekete-fehér törpekormorán,
  • Kleine Bonte Aalscholver,
  • Cormorano bianconero minore,
  • svartvit skarv,
  • Kortnebbskarv,
  • kormorán čierno-biely,
  • kormorán černobílý,
  • Broget Dværgskarv,
  • australianmerimetso,
  • corb marí bec-curt,
  • kormoran białolicy,
  • Малый пёстрый баклан,
  • Pecuk-padi belang,
  • シロハラコビトウ,
  • 小斑鸬鹚,
  • 小斑鸕鷀,

Voice song and cries

Cormoran pie
adult

Habitat

Cormoran pie

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level ; Wetlands (inland) : Perman

ent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls), 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) ; Marine Neritic : Pelagic, Subtidal Rock and Rocky Reefs, Subtidal Loose Rock/pebble/gravel, Subtidal Sandy, Subtidal Sandy-Mud, Macroalgal/Kelp, Seagrass (Submerged), Estuaries ; Marine Coastal/Supratidal : Coastal Brackish/Saline Lagoons/Marine Lakes, Coastal Freshwater Lakes ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Urban Areas

Geographic range

Distribution

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

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published: - Updated: 24-05-2011
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