The little cormorant is a member of the cormorant family of seabirds. Slightly smaller than the Indian cormorant it lacks a peaked head and has a shorter beak. It is widely distributed across the Indian Subcontinent and extends east to Java, where it is sometimes called the Javanese cormorant. It forages singly or sometimes in loose groups in lowland freshwater bodies, including small ponds, large lakes, streams and sometimes coastal estuaries. Like other cormorants, it is often found perched on a waterside rock with its wings spread out after coming out of the water. The entire body is black in the breeding season but the plumage is brownish, and the throat has a small whitish patch in the non-breeding season. These birds breed gregariously in trees, often joining other waterbirds at heronries. Source: Wikipedia
Citation:
(Vieillot, LJP 1817)
Reference:
Nouv. Dict. Hist. Nat. nouv. éd.
8 p.88
Protonym:
Hydrocorax niger
Type locality:
East Indies = Bengal.
Link:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18035203
Avibase ID:
60EA3FA9B62912A9
Avibase ID:
avibase-60EA3FA9
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/60EA3FA9
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 823999
Geographic range:
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Little Cormorant ( Microcarbo niger) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Little Cormorant ( Microcarbo niger) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Little Cormorant ( Microcarbo niger) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Little Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax niger) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Little Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax niger) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Little Cormorant ( Microcarbo niger) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Little Cormorant ( Microcarbo niger) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Little Cormorant ( Microcarbo niger) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Little Cormorant ( Microcarbo niger) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Little Cormorant ( Microcarbo niger) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Little Cormorant ( Microcarbo niger) |
Birdlife checklist version 00: Little Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax niger) |
Birdlife checklist version 01: Little Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax niger) |
Birdlife checklist version 02: Little Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax niger) |
Birdlife checklist version 03: Little Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax niger) |
Birdlife checklist version 04: Little Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax niger) |
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Little Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax niger) |
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Little Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax niger) |
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Little Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax niger) |
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Little Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax niger) |
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Little Cormorant ( Microcarbo niger) |
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Little Cormorant ( Microcarbo niger) |
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Little Cormorant ( Microcarbo niger) |
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Little Cormorant ( Microcarbo niger) |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Little Cormorant ( Microcarbo niger) |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Little Cormorant ( Microcarbo niger) |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Little Cormorant ( Microcarbo niger) |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Little Cormorant ( Microcarbo niger) |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Little Cormorant ( Microcarbo niger) |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Little Cormorant ( Microcarbo niger) |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Little Cormorant ( Microcarbo niger) |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Little Cormorant ( Microcarbo niger) |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Little Cormorant ( Microcarbo niger) |
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Cormoran de Vieillot ( Phalacrocorax niger) |
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Cormoran de Vieillot ( Phalacrocorax niger) |
Clements 1st edition: Little Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax niger) |
Clements, version 2021: Little Cormorant ( Microcarbo niger) |
Clements, version 2022: Little Cormorant ( Microcarbo niger) |
Clements, version 2023: Little Cormorant ( Microcarbo niger) |
Clements, version 2024: Little Cormorant ( Microcarbo niger) |
Clements 3rd edition: Little Cormorant ( Halietor niger) |
Clements 4th edition: Little Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax niger) |
Clements 5th edition (as published): Little Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax niger) |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Little Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax niger) |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Little Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax niger) |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Little Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax niger) |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Little Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax niger) |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Little Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax niger) |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Little Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax niger) |
Clements 6th edition: Little Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax niger) |
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Little Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax niger) |
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Little Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax niger) |
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Little Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax niger) |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Little Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax niger) |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Little Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax niger) |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Little Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax niger) |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Little Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax niger) |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Little Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax niger) |
Clements, version 2015: Little Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax niger) |
Clements, version 2016: Little Cormorant ( Microcarbo niger) |
Clements, version 2017: Little Cormorant ( Microcarbo niger) |
Clements, version 2018: Little Cormorant ( Microcarbo niger) |
Clements, version 2019: Little Cormorant ( Microcarbo niger) |
eBird version 1.50: Little Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax niger) |
eBird version 1.52: Little Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax niger) |
eBird version 1.53: Little Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax niger) |
eBird version 1.54: Little Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax niger) |
eBird version 1.55: Little Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax niger) |
eBird version 2015: Little Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax niger) |
eBird version 2016: Little Cormorant ( Microcarbo niger) |
eBird version 2017: Little Cormorant ( Microcarbo niger) |
eBird version 2018: Little Cormorant ( Microcarbo niger) |
eBird version 2019: Little Cormorant ( Microcarbo niger) |
eBird version 2021: Little Cormorant ( Microcarbo niger) |
eBird version 2022: Little Cormorant ( Microcarbo niger) |
eBird version 2023: Little Cormorant ( Microcarbo niger) |
eBird version 2024: Little Cormorant ( Microcarbo niger) |
Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Javanese Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax niger) |
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Javanese Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax niger) |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Little Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax niger) |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Little Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax niger) |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Little Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax niger) |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Little Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax niger) |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Little Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax niger) |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Little Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax niger) |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Little Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax niger) |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Little Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax niger) |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Little Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax niger) |
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Little Cormorant ( Microcarbo niger) |
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Little Cormorant ( Microcarbo niger) |
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Little Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax niger) |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Little Cormorant ( Microcarbo niger) |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Little Cormorant ( Microcarbo niger) |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Little Cormorant ( Microcarbo niger) |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Little Cormorant ( Microcarbo niger) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Little Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax niger) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Little Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax niger) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Little Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax niger) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Little Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax niger) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Little Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax niger) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Little Cormorant ( Microcarbo niger) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Little Cormorant ( Microcarbo niger) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Little Cormorant ( Microcarbo niger) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: Little Cormorant ( Microcarbo niger) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: Little Cormorant ( Microcarbo niger) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: Little Cormorant ( Microcarbo niger) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: Little Cormorant ( Microcarbo niger) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: Little Cormorant ( Microcarbo niger) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: Little Cormorant ( Microcarbo niger) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: Little Cormorant ( Microcarbo niger) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Little Cormorant ( Microcarbo niger) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Little Cormorant ( Microcarbo niger) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Little Cormorant ( Microcarbo niger) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Little Cormorant ( Microcarbo niger) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Little Cormorant ( Microcarbo niger) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Little Cormorant ( Microcarbo niger) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Little Cormorant ( Microcarbo niger) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Little Cormorant ( Microcarbo niger) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Little Cormorant ( Microcarbo niger) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Little Cormorant ( Microcarbo niger) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Little Cormorant ( Microcarbo niger) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Little Cormorant ( Microcarbo niger) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Little Cormorant ( Microcarbo niger) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Little Cormorant ( Microcarbo niger) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Little Cormorant ( Microcarbo niger) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Little Cormorant ( Microcarbo niger) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Little Cormorant ( Microcarbo niger) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Little Cormorant ( Microcarbo niger) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Little Cormorant ( Microcarbo niger) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Little Cormorant ( Microcarbo niger) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Little Cormorant ( Microcarbo niger) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Little Cormorant ( Microcarbo niger) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Little Cormorant ( Microcarbo niger) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Little Cormorant ( Microcarbo niger) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Little Cormorant ( Microcarbo niger) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Little Cormorant ( Microcarbo niger) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Little Cormorant ( Microcarbo niger) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Little Cormorant ( Microcarbo niger) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Little Cormorant ( Microcarbo niger) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Little Cormorant ( Microcarbo niger) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Little Cormorant ( Microcarbo niger) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Little Cormorant ( Microcarbo niger) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Little Cormorant ( Microcarbo niger) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Little Cormorant ( Microcarbo niger) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Little Cormorant ( Microcarbo niger) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Little Cormorant ( Microcarbo niger) |
Morony, Bock and Farrand: Little Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax niger) |
Oriental Bird Club: Little Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax niger) |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Phalacrocorax niger |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Haliëtor niger |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Phalacrocorax niger |
Sibley and Monroe (1993): Little Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax niger) |
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Little Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax niger) |
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Little Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax niger) |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Phalacrocorax niger |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Microcarbo niger |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species
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