Description ⁶

Adults: Black with dark green wings which usually appear to be black. Green eyes, black face, a narrow blackish beak, black legs and feet.
Juveniles: More a dark brown colour, and the very young have yellow coloured beaks.

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Andrew Mercer, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/ajmercer/14671660478/
2. (c) Lip Kee, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/lipkee/2283459709/
3. (c) Lip Kee Yap, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/64565252@N00/2762288497
4. (c) Sourabh Biswas, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cormorant_at_Kanjia_Lake,_Bhubaneswar.JPG
5. (c) Tony Wills, all rights reserved, uploaded by Tony Wills
6. (c) Tony Wills, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

More Info

• iNaturalist NZ taxon page
• Animal Diversity Web
• Atlas of Living Australia
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• VertNet
• Xeno-canto

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