Black-faced cormorant

Phalacrocorax fuscescens

The black-faced cormorant , also known as the black-faced shag, is a medium-sized member of the cormorant family. Upperparts, including facial skin and bill, are black, with white underparts. It is endemic to coastal regions of southern Australia.
Rookery of Black-faced Cormorants (Phalacrocorax fuscescens) This rock is just offshore on a very well weathered part of the southern Australian coast. It would be very safe from all land-based predators like cats, dogs, foxes etc. The birds are unlike other cormorant species found around Australia with their chosen habitat being exclusively coastal and marine. They feed on small fish mostly and can dive to 12 metres to catch them. Australia,Black-faced cormorant,Fall,Geotagged,Phalacrocorax fuscescens

Habitat

The black-faced cormorant feeds largely on small coastal fish, diving in depths up to 12 m. Fish of lengths up to 50 cm have been observed to be taken. The birds sometimes forage in flocks, apparently in an organised way.Unlike the other cormorants found around the Australian continent, the habitat of the black-faced cormorant is exclusively coastal and marine.

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Status: Least concern
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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionChordata
ClassAves
OrderSuliformes
FamilyPhalacrocoracidae
GenusPhalacrocorax
SpeciesP. fuscescens
Photographed in
Australia