WoRMS taxon details
Phalacrocorax africanus (Gmelin, 1789)
AphiaID: 212701
AphiaID: 212701
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Aves (Class) > Pelecaniformes (Order) > Phalacrocoracidae (Family) > Phalacrocorax (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Phalacrocorax Brisson, 1760 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Phalacrocorax coronatus (Wahlberg, 1855) (synonym) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. Academic Press, London. [details] from synonym: UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Environment | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Africa [details] Djibouti [details] Eritrea [details] Kenya [details] Mozambique [details] South Africa (country) [details] South West African Coast (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Tanzania [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Links | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (129 publications) To IUCN Red List To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Description: Length: 51-60 cm Plumage: generally black with a faint greenish gloss; feathers from back to upper tail coverts edged with white; wing coverts and scapulars greyish edged black. Immature with off-white breast and belly. Bare parts: iris red; face yellow to red; bill yellow with black or brown culmen and stripes on mandible; legs and feet black. Habitat: inland waters and coastal lagoons, mangroves, estuaries. <388><391><393> [details] Habitat: mainly inland [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212701 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Adriaens, P. (2013). Phalacrocorax africanus (Gmelin, 1789). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212701 on 2013-05-23 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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