Little Pied Cormorant

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Tyto Wetlands, Ingham, FN Qld IMG_0667 20200802 - adult breeding plumage

Notes: Small. Stubby yellow bill, long wedge-shaped tail. White under-parts including 'trousers'
— cf larger Pied Cormorant which has black 'trousers'. Breeding: Short erectile forecrown crest;
yellow-orange bill; bare facial skin & gular pouch blackish. Non-breeding: bill & gular pouch
yellow. Juvenile: bill grey-pink; dusky face to below eye. Nests in loose colonies in waterside trees.
Usually alone when foraging in watery habitats; a benthic feeder.

Range from Morcombe^©

Edithvale Wetlands, Melbourne, S Vic IMG_9664 20191006 - adult breeding plumage.

Western Treatment Plant, Werribee, S Vic IMG_9533 20230517 - adult non-breeding plumage. CLICK for another view.

Australind, SW WA IMG_8157 20181020 - 2 x Little Black, 2 x Little Pied (breeding), 1 x Pied, 1 x Little Black

Postmans Track, Lake Samsonvale, SE Qld IMG_3683 20190705 - taking off. CLICK to see airborne (just).

Mutchilba, Mareeba, FN Qld IMG_2550 20200609 - adult flying. Tail almost as long as outstretched neck.

Batemans Bay, SE NSW IMG_5435 20190306 - juvenile: dusky face to below eye.

Rocky Tate River Crossing, FN Qld IMG_0775 20210509 - juvenile: dusky face to below eye.

Braeside Park, Melbnourne, S Vic IMG_6123 20200131 - adult breeding plumage: collecting nesting material.

North Gardens, Ballarat, WC Vic MVI_3596 20190519