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The White-breasted Cormorant is much like the widespread Great Cormorant and if not a regional variant of the same species, is at least very closely related. It is distinguished from other forms of the great cormorant by its white breast and by the fact that subpopulations are freshwater birds.

Similar species: Sulids
Species identified by Claire Hamilton
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By Claire Hamilton

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Uploaded Feb 7, 2014. Captured Feb 4, 2014 07:30 in Lagoon Drive, Nature's Valley, South Africa.
  • Canon EOS 7D
  • f/5.6
  • 1/1579s
  • ISO400
  • 300mm