Indian Cormorant
(Phalacrocorax fuscicollis)
Size(60-63cm): It is a large Cormorant larger than the Little Cormorant but smaller than the Great Cormorant.
Area: Widespread over much of the region except the North and North-West.
Habitat: Several Fresh Water and Salt Water Bodies.
My two words: This specific Cormorant is found only in India, Thailand, Cambodia and Myanmar.
This Cormorant has a bronze brown-black plumage. The Breeding Plumage is metallic black with distinctive short white-tufts. The non-breeding plumage is browner and the bird develops a yellow patch of bare skin around the throat.
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