Little Pied Cormorant

Phalacrocorax melanoleucos

Description

Phalacrocorax melanoleucos are medium in size with black and white plumage. In Indonesian territory, this cormorant is the only one that has white fur on the underside of its body. But its main features are the beak and the yellow skin of the face; because there are also individuals without or only a hint of white. Juvenile birds have black eye lines, crown, and side patches. Blue green iris, and black feet.

Population Size

Unknown

Life Span

-

WEIGHT​

-

LENGTH

60 cm

Ca

Carnivore

Di

Diurnal

Classification

KINGDOM

:

Animalia

PHYLUM

:

Chordata

CLASS

:

Aves

ORDER

:

Suliformes

FAMILY

:

Phalacrocoracidae

GENUS

:

Phalacrocorax

SPECIES

:

Phalacrocorax melanoleucos

Distribution

Phalacrocorax melanoleucos is often seen alone or in small groups; generally found throughout freshwater habitats in swamps, rivers, and coasts.

Geography

Continent : Asia

Country : This species is a resident bird in New Zealand, Australia, Papua, Maluku, Nusa Tenggara and Sulawesi. Bird visitors in Java and Bali.

Habits and Lifestyle

This species is often seen alone or in small groups; generally busy looking for crustaceans in marshes, rivers and coasts. These birds usually roam and dive in shallow waters, not far from the shore. Dive intermittently, between 15–20 seconds, and then rest on the surface for about 5–10 seconds outside of time to swallow food.

Lifestyle

–

Biome

Freshwater

Climate Zone

Tropical and subtropical

Diet and Nutrition

This species preys on crustaceans, as well as various types of fish, eels, and grubs of aquatic insects

Diet : Carnivora

Mating Habits

The breeding season occurs once a year, in the spring or early summer in the south, or after the transition season in the tropics. The nests are stilts made of perch, sometimes still leafy, arranged in tree branches; usually a type of eucalyptus that grows in inundated areas. Often these nests are close to nests of other waterbirds such as other cormorants, cangaks, ibis and spoon ibis. The eggs are pale blue, whitish due to the lime layer, ovate measuring about 46 x 31 mm, and numbering 4-5.

Reproduction session : The breeding season occurs once a year, in the spring or early summer in the south

Incubation periods: –

Independent age : –

Baby name : –

Baby carrying : 4 – 5 eggs

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Reference

  1. MacKinnon, J. 1991 . Fields Guide to the Birds Of Java and Bali. Gadjah Mada University Press. Yogyakarta.
  2. Little Pied Cormorant on Wikipedia article