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Little Black Cormorant

Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
Family
Cormorants and Shags
Order
Suliformes
Codes
libcor1, LBSH, LBCO
Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderSuliformes
FamilyCormorants and Shags (Phalacrocoracidae)
SpeciesPhalacrocorax sulcirostris
Codeslibcor1, LBSH, LBCO
Identification

The Little Black Cormorant (Phalacrocorax sulcirostris) is a member of the Cormorants and Shags family within the order Suliformes. This species is classified in the eBird taxonomy maintained by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Use the eBird species code libcor1 when logging sightings in eBird or other citizen science platforms.

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Little Black Cormorant photo
(c) Geoff Gates, all rights reserved, uploaded by Geoff Gates

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Quick Facts

Scientific Name: Phalacrocorax sulcirostris

Family: Cormorants and Shags

Order: Suliformes

eBird Code: libcor1