Indian Cormorant
Phalacrocorax fuscicollis
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 2,497
- Most observed in
- 🇮🇳 India
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The Indian cormorant or Indian shag (Phalacrocorax fuscicollis) is a member of the cormorant family. It is found mainly along the inland waters of the Indian subcontinent but extends west to Sind and east to Thailand and Cambodia. It is a gregarious species that can be easily distinguished from the similar sized little cormorant by its blue eyes, small head with a sloping forehead and a long narrow bill ending in a hooked tip.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Indian cormorant”.