Phalacrocorax fuscicollis Stephens, 1826

Accepted

Phalacrocorax fuscicollis from Kumarakom, Kottayam, Kerala 2010.

Phalacrocorax fuscicollis immature from Ashtamudilake, Pallikkodi, Chavara South, Kollam, Kerala 2011

Phalacrocorax fuscicollis from Vembanadu Lake, Kumarakom, Kottayam, Kerala 2010.

🗒 Synonyms

No Data

🗒 Common Names

English

Indian Cormorant
Indian Shag

📚 Overview

Overview

Summary

Bird group

Cormorants

Brief

A glossy black waterbird. It has a tuft of white behind the eye, and a scattering of white plumes on the head and neck. The non-breeding bird is browner looking, and has a whitish throat but lacks the white plumes. It is fairly common and very gregarious, and can often be found in large flocks on reservoirs and lakes such as Keezhnathur. It feeds on fish which it hunts communally. A party of birds trap a shoal of fish, and the birds dive in and chase the fish underwater. The hunt continues until the birds are full, at which point they rest on a sandbank or in trees, drying their spread feathers, and preening. The birds nest in a small colony within a large mixed heronry.

Birds of Tiruvannamalai. Compiled and edited by: Paul Hine, Sivakumar, Govinda, Arun & Akila.

Attributions	Birds of Tiruvannamalai. Compiled and edited by: Paul Hine, Sivakumar, Govinda, Arun & Akila.
Contributors	V.Arun
Status	UNDER_CREATION
Licenses	CC_BY
References

A bronze brown cormorant with slender long beak.

Tropical Institute of Ecological Sciences, Ecological Research Campus, Velloor, Kottayam, Kerala

Attributions	Tropical Institute of Ecological Sciences, Ecological Research Campus, Velloor, Kottayam, Kerala
Contributors	Manoj Manoj
Status	UNDER_CREATION
Licenses	CC_BY
References

Diagnostic

Diagnostic Keys

A medium sized cormorant with bronze brown or glossy wings and slender log beak with hooked tip. Rest of the body co lour is black. Eyes are bluish. In breeding time tuft of white feathers behind the eyes and white filo-plumes on neck. Non breeding birds has white throat and lack of white tuft. Immature have whitish under parts with yellowish beak.

Attributions	Dr. Chandra Barooah & Lani Sarma (2016) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
Contributors	admin
Status	UNDER_CREATION
Licenses	CC_BY
References

Root	Root
Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Aves
Order	Suliformes
Family	Phalacrocoracidae
Genus	Phalacrocorax
Species	Phalacrocorax fuscicollis Stephens 1826

Phalacrocorax fuscicollis Stephens, 1826

Relative Size (Birds)

Predominant colors (Birds)

Habitat

Global Distribution

Distribution In India

Distribution In Assam

IUCN Red List Category

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