Avibase: Microcarbo pygmaeus (Pygmy Cormorant)

Pygmy Cormorant

Microcarbo pygmaeus (Pallas, PS 1773)

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Partial list of sound recordings available from xeno-canto & macaulaylibrary.org.

Species name	Recordist	Date	Location	Remarks	Cat.nr.
Pygmy Cormorant - Microcarbo pygmaeus	Francesco Sottile	2022-08-12	Roggiano Gravina, Province of Cosenza, Calabria, Cosenza (Italy) (140 m)	begging call, hatchling or nestling, sex uncertain - Calls issued in a colony of Great Cormorants, Cattle Egrets and Little Egrets. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	746241 xeno-canto.org
Pygmy Cormorant - Microcarbo pygmaeus	Jarek Matusiak	2020-08-18	Općina Pag, Zadarska županija, Zadarska (Croatia) (110 m)	flight call, wings - [also] [sono]	671544 xeno-canto.org
Pygmy Cormorant - Microcarbo pygmaeus	Michel Veldt	2021-07-12	Poroszló, Füzesabony District, Heves County, Heves (Hungary) (80 m)	call - [sono]	770338 xeno-canto.org
Pygmy Cormorant - Microcarbo pygmaeus	Andre et Odile BOUCHER	1998-05-01	Crișan, Crisan, Județul Tulcea, Tulcea (Romania) (0 m)	call - Adults, in a mixed colony. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	168146 xeno-canto.org
Pygmy Cormorant - Microcarbo pygmaeus	Valentin Monnoy	2023-08-17	National Nature Reserve of La Petite Camargue (near Saint-Louis), Haut-Rhin, Grand Est, Haut-Rhin (France) (260 m)	call - 2 Pygmy cormorant staring at each other. talkative for a short time. The first one call the second to join him on a resting roots near water	826114 xeno-canto.org
Pygmy Cormorant - Microcarbo pygmaeus	Marco Dragonetti	2014-05-07	Comuna Maliuc, Județul Tulcea, Tulcea (Romania) (0 m)	call, female, male - A big mixed colony is placed in a flooded willow wood of the Danube delta. There are Pygmy Cormorants, Cormorants, Squacco Herons, Grey Herons, Little Egrets, Night Herons and Spoonbills. One pair of birds is near its nest and calls. The pair seems to perform a sort of duet. (background: noise from the colony). Check my website www.birdsongs.it bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	296077 xeno-canto.org
Pygmy Cormorant - Microcarbo pygmaeus	Stanislas Wroza	2026-05-08	Kerkini Lake, Serrai (former) (Greece) (35 m)	call, flight call - [sono]	1134904 xeno-canto.org
Pygmy Cormorant - Microcarbo pygmaeus	Marco Dragonetti	2014-05-07	Comuna Maliuc, Județul Tulcea, Tulcea (Romania) (0 m)	begging call - A big mixed colony is placed in a flooded willow wood of the Danube delta. There are Pygmy Cormorants, Cormorants, Squacco Herons, Grey Herons, Little Egrets, Night Herons and Spoonbills. Begging calls of chicks in the nest (background: noise from the colony). Check my website www.birdsongs.it bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	296076 xeno-canto.org
Pygmy Cormorant - Microcarbo pygmaeus	Andre et Odile BOUCHER	1998-05-01	Crișan, Crisan, Județul Tulcea, Tulcea (Romania) (0 m)	call - Adults, in a mixed colony. One strong cry of Egretta garzetta. Nycticorax nicticorax at the end. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	168147 xeno-canto.org
Pygmy Cormorant - Microcarbo pygmaeus	Marco Dragonetti	2014-05-07	Comuna Maliuc, Județul Tulcea, Tulcea (Romania) (0 m)	call - A big mixed colony is placed in a flooded willow wood of the Danube delta. There are Pygmy Cormorants, Cormorants, Squacco Herons, Grey Herons, Little Egrets, Night Herons and Spoonbills. A Pygmy Cormorant stands near its nest and utters threat calls against a Hooded crow (background: noise from the colony). Check my website www.birdsongs.it bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	296075 xeno-canto.org
Pygmy Cormorant - Microcarbo pygmaeus	Dimitri	2023-05-29	Mosciano Sant'Angelo, Provincia di Teramo, Abruzzo, Teramo (Italy) (180 m)	call - Small colony at a little pond, due to safeguard reasons the place shown is merely approximate.	806048 xeno-canto.org
Pygmy Cormorant - Microcarbo pygmaeus	Stanislas Wroza	2026-05-08	Kerkini Lake, Serrai (former) (Greece) (35 m)	call, flight call - [sono]	1134905 xeno-canto.org
Pygmy Cormorant - Microcarbo pygmaeus	Lukas Pelikan	2025-12-29	, Magnisia (Greece)	-	648679813 macaulaylibrary.org
Pygmy Cormorant - Microcarbo pygmaeus	Marcin Solowiej	2022-03-04	, Lənkəran (Azerbaijan)	-	532415281 macaulaylibrary.org
Pygmy Cormorant - Microcarbo pygmaeus	Lukas Pelikan	2025-12-29	, Magnisia (Greece)	-	647898269 macaulaylibrary.org
Pygmy Cormorant - Microcarbo pygmaeus	Stanislas Wroza	2026-05-07	Kerkini Lake, Serrai (former) (Greece) (40 m)	flight call, splash - [sono]	1134865 xeno-canto.org
Pygmy Cormorant - Microcarbo pygmaeus	Gianluca Cicinelli	2026-03-07	, Friuli Venezia Giulia (Italy)	-	653369303 macaulaylibrary.org
Pygmy Cormorant - Microcarbo pygmaeus	Dan Owen	2024-06-23	, Serres (Greece)	-	620892753 macaulaylibrary.org
Pygmy Cormorant - Microcarbo pygmaeus	Toby Carter	2024-07-27	, Tulcea (Romania)	-	621905585 macaulaylibrary.org
Pygmy Cormorant - Microcarbo pygmaeus	Marcin Sołowiej	2022-03-04	Kizil Agash NP, Lənkəran (Azerbaijan) (-30 m)	call - [sono]	778944 xeno-canto.org
Pygmy Cormorant - Microcarbo pygmaeus	Alex Lees	2014-07-09	Povljana, Općina Povljana, Zadar County, Zadarska (Croatia) (0 m)	call - muffled calls from a colony, some wind noise bird-seen:no playback-used:no	187381 xeno-canto.org
Pygmy Cormorant - Microcarbo pygmeus	Marco Dragonetti	2014-05-07	Comuna Maliuc, Tulcea, Romania, Tulcea (Romania)	- A big mixed colony is placed in a flooded willow wood of the Danube delta. There are Pygmy Cormorants, Cormorants, Squacco Herons, Grey Herons, Little Egrets, Night Herons and Spoonbills. The first cut given in alarm at a Hooded Crow.	63209821 macaulaylibrary.org

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