Great Cormorant
Standing
Murray Mallee Region
Pied Cormorant
Taking Off
 
                      
Pied Cormorant (Phalacrocorax varius)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Chordates (Chordata) - Birds (Aves)
Order: Pelicans (Pelecaniformes)
Family: Cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Pied Cormorant (Phalacrocorax varius)
This Photo:     Swimming

Thank you Dianne Clarke for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found in the Murray Mallee SA, Coastal Areas and possibly elsewhere

Copyright © 2017-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 16-Mar-2017
This species is classed as RA (Rare) in the Murray Mallee, SA, by DENR (Regional Species Status Assessments, July 2010)