Australian Pied Cormorant

Phalacrocorax varius - Cormoran varié

Cormoran varié
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Suliformes

  • Family
    :

    Phalacrocoracidés

  • Genus
    :

    Phalacrocorax

  • Species
    :

    varius

Descriptor

Gmelin, JF, 1789

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 85 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 110 à 130 cm.
  • Weight
    : 1300 à 2200 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Cormoran varié
adult
Cormoran varié
juvenile

Australian Pied Cormorant (Phalacrocorax varius) is a species of bird in the Phalacrocoracidae family.

Subspecific information 2 subspecies

  • Phalacrocorax varius varius (New Zealand)
  • Phalacrocorax varius hypoleucos (Australia, Tasmania)

Foreign names

  • Cormoran varié,
  • Cormorán pío,
  • corvo-marinho-alvinegro-grande,
  • Elsterscharbe,
  • maori kárókatona,
  • Bonte Aalscholver,
  • Cormorano bianconero maggiore,
  • australisk skarv,
  • Australskarv,
  • kormorán stračí,
  • kormorán pestrý,
  • Broget Skarv,
  • kaunomerimetso,
  • corb marí de mentó vermell,
  • kormoran srokaty,
  • Пёстрый баклан,
  • マミジロウ,
  • 斑鸬鹚,
  • australisk skarv,
  • 斑鸕鷀,

Voice song and call

Cormoran varié
adult plum. breeding

Habitat

Cormoran varié
adult

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls), Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands, Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha) ; Marine Neritic : Pelagic, Subtidal Rock and Rocky Reefs, Subtidal Loose Rock/pebble/gravel, Subtidal Sandy, Subtidal Sandy-Mud, Macroalgal/Kelp, Seagrass (Submerged), Estuaries ; Artificial/Aquatic and Marine : Water Storage Areas (over 8ha)

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

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