Phalacrocorax africanus (Gmelin, 1789)
Crowned cormorant
Phalacrocorax africanus
photo by FAO

Family:  Phalacrocoracidae (cormorants)
Max. size:  50 cm TL (male/unsexed); max.weight: 780.0 g
Environment:  others; marine; depth range 0 - 30 m
Distribution:  Eastern Atlantic, Western Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean. Subtropical to subtropical.
Diagnosis:  Culmen: 3.07 cm; tarsus: 3.6 cm; wing: 20.95 cm.
Biology:  Maximum and minimum depth and common depths are based on diving behavior of another species of the same genus (Ref. 120201). This is to be replaced with better references.
IUCN Red List Status: (LC); Date assessed: 13 August 2020 Ref. 123251)
Threat to humans: 
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