Species profile
Bank Cormorant
Phalacrocorax neglectus
Quick answer
Coastal sw Africa (Namibia to sw Cape Province)
- Scientific name
- Phalacrocorax neglectus
- Family
- Phalacrocoracidae
- Order
- Suliformes
- Genus
- Phalacrocorax
- Conservation status
- Endangered
Recording Bank Cormorant in your journal
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Related species in Phalacrocoracidae
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- Borvocarbo stoeffelensis (Borvocarbo stoeffelensis)
- Borvocarbo tardatus (Borvocarbo tardatus)
- Bounty Shag (Leucocarbo ranfurlyi)
- Brandt's cormorant (Phalacrocorax penicillatus)
- Brandt's Cormorant (Urile penicillatus)