Species profile
Little Pied Cormorant
Microcarbo melanoleucos
Quick answer
Range Biak, Numfor. Status Vagrant. The most widespread cormorant in New Guinea (Beehler & Pratt 2016). However, on Biak the only record is one at the tsunami swamp on 29 August 2015 (KDB, eBird checklist S 25951144).
- Scientific name
- Microcarbo melanoleucos
- Family
- Phalacrocoracidae
- Order
- Suliformes
- Genus
- Microcarbo
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Little Pied Cormorant in your journal
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Related species in Phalacrocoracidae
- Auckland Islands Shag (Leucocarbo colensoi)
- Bank Cormorant (Phalacrocorax neglectus)
- Black-faced Cormorant (Phalacrocorax fuscescens)
- Borvocarbo guilloti (Borvocarbo guilloti)
- Borvocarbo stoeffelensis (Borvocarbo stoeffelensis)
- Borvocarbo tardatus (Borvocarbo tardatus)
- Bounty Shag (Leucocarbo ranfurlyi)
- Brandt's cormorant (Phalacrocorax penicillatus)