Little Black Cormorant
Phalacrocorax sulcirostris ‡
Freshwater Lake, Centenary Lakes, Cairns, FN Qld IMG_1924 20201117 - CLICK for closeup of head of one there, 20250923.
Notes: Small, all dark w. thin grey bill,
bright green iris. Coppery sheen,
broad black fringes
(brown when worn) to upper wing coverts.
Breeding: short
white nuptial plumes on side of head, over eye.
Abundant
along coasts and inland waterways. Feeding flocks cooperate.
Range from Morcombe©
Bega, SE NSW IMG_6619 20170203 - early breeding season plumage: short white nuptial plumes in a line over the eye,in patches on the side of head & neck.
Australind, SW WA IMG_8157 20181020 - with 2 Little Pied, 1 Pied Cormorant
De Moleyns Lagoon, Mirani, NE Qld IMG_2210 20200811 - flying. CLICK for one at Cumberland Dam, Georgetown,FN Qld 20210511.
Muloorina Station, NW of Marree, NE SA IMG_0948 20241006
De Moleyns Lagoon, Mirani, NE Qld IMG_1859 20200809 - roosting. CLICK for take-off.
De Moleyns Lagoon, Mirani, NE Qld IMG_2229 20200811 - adult non-breeding plumage. Iris bright blue-green.
Foreshore, Beaumaris, Melbourne, S Vic IMG_9804 20210730 - non-breeding plumage; Little Pied Cormorant & Crested Terns.
Bega, SE NSW MVI_6622 20170203 - keeping cool by rapid vibration of gular pouch.
Freshwater Lake, Centenial Lakes, Cairns North, FN Qld MVI_2660 20180520 - various activities.
Goolwa, SE SA MVI_6215 20181207 - feeding cooperatively in a cartwheeling motion.