Species Microcarbo africanus (Gmelin, 1789) (Reed cormorant)

Biological classification:
  • kingdom: Animalia
  • - phylum: Chordata
  • -- class: Aves
  • --- order: Suliformes
  • ---- family: Phalacrocoracidae
  • ----- species: Microcarbo africanus
Characteristics:carnivore; body-length: 52 cm; black plumage; pale area on the back; orange face patch; small crest on the forehead
Countries:

CM
Cameroon
ET
Ethiopia
GH
Ghana
GM
Gambia
GW
Guinea-Bissau
KE
Kenya
LR
Liberia
SN
Senegal
TZ
Tanzania, United Republic of
UG
Uganda
ZA
South Africa
ZM
Zambia
ZW
Zimbabwe
Ecoregions:

AT0107
Cross-Sanaga-Bioko coastal forests
AT0108
East African montane forests
AT0111
Eastern Guinean forests
AT0115
Knysna-Amatole montane forests
AT0125
Northern Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forest mosaic
AT0130
Western Guinean lowland forests
AT0704
Central Zambezian Miombo woodlands
AT0705
East Sudanian savanna
AT0707
Guinean forest-savanna mosaic
AT0711
Northern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets
AT0713
Sahelian Acacia savanna
AT0715
Somali Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets
AT0716
Southern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets
AT0717
Southern Africa bushveld
AT0721
Victoria Basin forest-savanna mosaic
AT0722
West Sudanian savanna
AT0725
Zambezian and Mopane woodlands
AT1004
Drakensberg montane grasslands, woodlands and forests
AT1005
East African montane moorlands
AT1007
Ethiopian montane grasslands and woodlands
AT1012
Maputaland-Pondoland bushland and thickets
AT1403
Guinean mangroves
AT1405
Southern Africa mangroves
Links:
References:Sinclair 1994: 50
Source: http://dogonlanguages.org
Date: 2011
Creator: Jeff Heath and the Dogon and Bangime Languages Project
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution License
Source: http://media.eol.org/data_objects/17779174
Date: 2011-09-15
Creator: Description de l’Egypte, Book 34 (1826), Volume I - Planches : Histoire Naturelle.
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License
Comments: Phalacrocorax africanus
Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/berniedup/6889108942/sizes/o/
Date: 2012-03-16
Place: North-West, ZA, South Africa
Creator: Bernard DUPONT
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License
Comments: title 'Reed Cormorant (Phalacrocorax africanus)'
Source: http://dogonlanguages.org
Date: 2011
Creator: Jeff Heath and the Dogon and Bangime Languages Project
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution License
Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/mgrimm82/14597915532/sizes/o/
Date: 2014-07-06
Creator: Martin Grimm
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License
Comments: title 'Cormorant'
Source: http://dogonlanguages.org
Date: 2011
Creator: Jeff Heath and the Dogon and Bangime Languages Project
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution License
Source: http://www.inaturalist.org/photos/212700
Date: 1998-10-20
Place: Shakawa, Okavango River, Botswana
Creator: Greg Lasley
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License
Source: http://dogonlanguages.org
Date: 2011
Creator: Jeff Heath and the Dogon and Bangime Languages Project
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution License
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