Cape Cormorant

Phalacrocorax capensis - Cormoran du Cap

Cormoran du Cap
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Suliformes

  • Family
    :

    Phalacrocoracidés

  • Genus
    :

    Phalacrocorax

  • Species
    :

    capensis

Descriptor

Sparrman, 1788

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 64 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 109 cm.
  • Weight
    : 1155 à 1306 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Cormoran du Cap
adult
Cormoran du Cap
juvenile

Cape Cormorant (Phalacrocorax capensis) is a species of bird in the Phalacrocoracidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

  • Cormoran du Cap,
  • Cormorán de El Cabo,
  • corvo-marinho-do-cabo,
  • Kapscharbe,
  • fokföldi kárókatona,
  • Kaapse Aalscholver,
  • Cormorano del Capo,
  • kapskarv,
  • Kappskarv,
  • kormorán pobrežný,
  • kormorán jihoafrický,
  • Kapskarv,
  • kapinmerimetso,
  • Trekduiker,
  • corb marí del Cap,
  • kormoran przylądkowy,
  • Капский баклан,
  • キノドハナグロウ,
  • 南非鸬鹚,
  • kapskarv,
  • 南非鸕鷀,

Habitat

Cormoran du Cap
adult plum. breeding

Marine Neritic : Pelagic, Subtidal Rock and Rocky Reefs, Subtidal Loose Rock/pebble/gravel, Subtidal Sandy, Subtidal Sandy-Mud, Macroalgal/Kelp, Seagrass (Submerged) ; Marine Intertidal : Rocky Shoreline ; Marine Coastal/Supratidal : Sea Cliffs and Rocky Offshore Islands, Coastal Brackish/Saline Lagoons/Marine Lakes

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

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