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The bank cormorant is a heavy-bodied bird, roughly 75 cm in length. It is generally black in appearance with a bronze sheen, though the wings are a dark brown rather than a true black. Adults have a small crest on their heads, and normally have a white rump. Pale eyes in an all black face are considered to be distinctive for adults, with immature birds having dark eyes.
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When to see the Bank Cormorant
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Bank Cormorant
The map shades 2 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in Angola.
About the Bank Cormorant
The bank cormorant, also known as Wahlberg's cormorant, is a medium-sized cormorant that is endemic to Namibia and the western seaboard of South Africa, living in and around coastal waters; it is rarely recorded more than 15 km offshore.
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Easily confused with
Socotra CormorantPhalacrocorax nigrogularisThe Socotra cormorant is a threatened species of cormorant that is endemic to the Persian Gulf and the south-east coast of the Arabian Peninsula.
Japanese CormorantPhalacrocorax capillatusThe Japanese cormorant, also known as Temminck's cormorant, is a species of cormorant native to coastal areas of the east Palearctic.
Pitt ShagPhalacrocorax featherstoniMembers of the shag family belong to three groups, based on the color of their feet: black, yellow or pink.
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