A large, mostly black seabird with bronze-green sheen on the wings, a hooked bill and a patch of bare yellow or red throat skin. Found on coasts, estuaries and inland waters worldwide, diving to depths of nearly 10 metres to catch fish.
Taxonomy
- Order / family / genus
- Suliformes · Phalacrocoracidae · Phalacrocorax
Conservation
Least concern
· LCWidespread and abundant taxa.