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Little Black Cormorant

Phalacrocorax sulcirostris (Brandt, JF 1837)

The little black cormorant is a member of the cormorant family of seabirds. It is common in smaller rivers and lakes throughout most areas of Australia and northern New Zealand, where it is known as the little black shag. It is around sixty centimetres long, and is all black with blue-green eyes. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Pelecaniformes
Family:
  Phalacrocoracidae
Genus:
   Phalacrocorax
Scientific:
  Phalacrocorax sulcirostris

Original description

Citation:
  (Brandt, JF 1837)

Reference:
   Bull. Sci. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg 3 col.56

Protonym:
  Carbo sulcirostris

Type locality:
  'Terres australes' = New South Wales, fide Mathews, 1912, Novit. Zool., 18, p. 240.

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  DA51102A1C12D6AA

Avibase ID:
  avibase-DA51102A

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/DA51102A

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 174751

Geographic range:

  • Phalacrocorax sulcirostris: Australasian region to Malay Archipelago
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Little Black Cormorant
Catalan:
Corb marí negre
Czech:
kormorán australský
Danish:
Lille Skarv
German:
Schwarzscharbe
Spanish:
Cormorán Totinegro
Spanish (Spain):
Cormorán Totinegro
Finnish:
mustamerimetso
French:
Cormoran noir
Croatian:
crni vranac
Hungarian:
fekete kárókatona
Icelandic:
Krákuskarfur
Italian:
Cormorano nero
Japanese (romaji):
minamikurohimeu
Japanese:
ミナミクロヒメウ
Lithuanian:
Juodasis kormoranas
Dutch:
Zwarte Aalscholver
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Lagfiskeskarv
Norwegian:
Lagfiskeskarv
Polish:
kormoran bruzdodzioby
Portuguese:
Biguazinho-preto
Portuguese (Portugal):
corvo-marinho-preto
Russian:
Чёрный баклан
Slovak:
kormorán ryhozobý
Serbian:
Mali crni vranac
Swedish:
sotskarv
Ukrainian:
Баклан індонезійський
Chinese:
小黑鸬鹚
Chinese (Traditional):
小黑鸕鷀

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
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Birdlife checklist version 00:
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Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
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Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
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Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
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Christidis and Boles (2008): Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds:
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Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
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Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
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Clements 1st edition:
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Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
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Morony, Bock and Farrand:
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Oriental Bird Club:
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Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
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Sibley and Monroe (1993):
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Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01:
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Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024):
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Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
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Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
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Species status: full species

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Catalan: Corb marí negre
Czech: Kormorán australský
Danish: Lille Skarv
German: Schwarzscharbe
English: Black Cormorant, Little Black Cormorant, Little Black Shag
English, HBW: Little Black Cormorant
English (IOC): Little Black Cormorant
English (New Zealand): Little Black Shag
English (United States): Little Black Cormorant
Esperanto: eta nigra kormorano, Sulkobeka kormorano
Spanish: Cormorán Negro, Cormorán Totinegro
Spanish (Spain): Cormorán Totinegro
Spanish (HBW): Little Black Cormorant
Estonian: väikekarbas, väikekormoran, väikekormoran (väikekarbas)
Finnish: Mustamerimetso
French: Cormoran noir, Petit Cormoran noir
Croatian: crni vranac
Hungarian: fekete kárókatona
Indonesian: Pecuk hitam, Pecukpadi Hitam, Pecuk-padi hitam
Icelandic: Krákuskarfur
Italian: Cormorano nero, Marangone minore nero
Japanese (romaji): minamikurohimeu
Japanese: ミナミクロヒメウ
Scientific: Carbo purpuragula, Carbo sulcirostris, Hypoleucos sulcirostris, Mesocarbo ater territori, Phalacrocorax sulcirostris, Phalacrocorax sulcirostris sulcirostris
Lithuanian: Juodasis kormoranas
Maori: Kawau-tui
Dutch: Zwarte Aalscholver
Norwegian Nynorsk: Lagfiskeskarv
Norwegian: Lagfiskeskarv
Polish: kormoran bruzdodzioby
Portuguese: Biguazinho-preto
Portuguese (Portugal): corvo-marinho-preto, Corvo-marinho-preto-pequeno
Russian: Малый Черный Баклан, Малый чёрный баклан, Чёрный баклан
Slovak: Kormorán ryhozobý
Serbian: Mali crni vranac
Swedish: Sotskarv
Turkish: Kömür Karabatağı
Ukrainian: Баклан індонезійський
Chinese: 小黑鸬鹚
Chinese (Traditional): 小黑鸕鷀

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