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Alternative Name: White-breasted Cormorant ^[1]

Photo by Nora
Photographed: Melton, Melbourne, Australia

Phalacrocorax carbo

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Almost worldwide; absent from Antarctica, South America and much of North America. In North America found north of Nova Scotia in breeding season.

Winters south to Florida along the coast. Also winters in small numbers in Lake Ontario.

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1. Some authorities consider the White-breasted Cormorant of Africa to be a separate species Phalacrocorax lucidus (Lepage, 2007).

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[edit] References

Lepage D. 2007. Avibase. Searches for Phalacrocorax carbo and Phalacrocorax lucidus downloaded 17 September 2007.

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