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ML201878801 IBC 1501720
Contributor
Robert Humphries Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Lake Monger Reserve
Cambridge, Western Australia, Australia
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Media notes
A Little Black Cormorant preening. The Little Black Cormorant (Phalacrocorax sulcirostris)is a small, completely black cormorant with a blue-green eye that occurs widely throughout Australia, parts of Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and other western Pacific islands and in New Zealand. Little Black Cormorants are mostly found in freshwater wetlands but are also found in sheltered shallow estuaries where they often hunt in large flocks. This bird was perching and preening in the late afternoon sun at Lake Monger, near Perth. A male Blue-billed Duck swam by in the background. Elevation: 13 m. Date added to IBC: June 24, 2018.
Collection
Internet Bird Collection (IBC)
Technical information
- Camera
- Microphone
- Accessories
- Original file size
- 92.96 MB