Category: Cormorants
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Great Cormorant
Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) Size(80-100cm): It is the largest Cormorant found in India. Area: Widespread resident over much of India. Habitat: Lakes, rivers and other water bodies. My two words: It is the largest of all the Cormorants found in India.
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Indian Cormorant
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 […]
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Little Cormorant
Little Cormorant (Microcarbo niger) Size(48-52cm): As the name suggests, it is the smallest Cormorant that can be found in India. Area: Widespread resident over much of the region except the Trans-Himalayas Habitat: Lakes, ponds, river and estuaries. Basically any water body. My two words: A very common sighting across much of India. Can be easily […]
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Cormorants (Phalocrocoracidae)
Cormorants (Phalocrocoracidae) Cormorants are medium to large sized fishers. All the 3 species of Cormorants that are found in India are dark coloured. Some species have coloured facial skin. The Great Cormorant has yellow and a white gular patch, the chin is yellow with a patch of white skin after yellow.
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