Indian cormorant
Species of bird from Asia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Indian cormorant or Indian shag (Phalacrocorax fuscicollis) is a member of the cormorant family. It is found mainly along the inland waters of the Indian Subcontinent but extends west to Sind and east to Thailand and Cambodia. It is a gregarious species that can be easily distinguished from the similar sized little cormorant by its blue eyes, small head with a sloping forehead and a long narrow bill ending in a hooked tip.
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Indian cormorant | |
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Non-breeding bird with blue iris | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Suliformes |
Family: | Phalacrocoracidae |
Genus: | Phalacrocorax |
Species: | P. fuscicollis |
Binomial name | |
Phalacrocorax fuscicollis Stephens, 1826 | |
Range of P. fuscicollis |
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