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English Reed Cormorant Scientific (Microcarbo africanus africanus) Order SULIFORMES Family (Latin) Phalacrocoracidae Family (English) Cormorants, Shags Other name(s) Cormoran africain, Long-tailed Cormorant Breeding Regions AF Breeding Range mainly inland; widespread Sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar Nonbreeding Range Countries (BETA)map Angola,Benin,Botswana,Burkina Faso,Burundi,Cameroon,Central African Republic,Chad,Congo,Democratic Republic of Congo, IOC 13.1 Subspecies Group Subspecies Breeding Range africanus inland and coastal Sub-Saharan Africa pictilis Madagascar (mainly w)
IUCN Status Code LC (Birdlife factsheet ) Described by (Gmelin, JF, 1789) German Riedscharbe French Cormoran africain Chinese 长尾鸬鹚 Japanese アフリカコビトウ Russian Камышовый баклан Spanish Cormorán africano Portuguese corvo-marinho-africano Bird Data App text A small Cormorant also known as the Long-tailed Cormorant. Breeding birds are black, while non-breeding have pale to brown front.
Show Breeding Range Codes and IUCN Status Codes
Breeding Range Codes AF Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara) AN Antarctica AO Atlantic Ocean AU Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, PAL Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan) IO Indian Ocean LA Latin America (Middle and South America) MA Middle America (Mexico through Panama) NA North America (includes the Caribbean) NO Northern oceans OR Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas) PO Pacific Ocean SA South America SO Southern oceans TO Temperate oceans TrO Tropical oceans Worldwide Worldwide
IUCN Status Codes EX Extinct EW Extinct in the wild CR Critically Endangered EN Endangered VU Vulnerable NT Near Threatened LC Least Concern DD Data deficient NE Not evaluated PE Probably extinct (informal) PEW Probably extinct in the wild (informal)
