Little Black Cormorant (Phalacrocorax sulcirostris)

Little Black Cormorant, a reference photo — Photo: Mike's Birds from Riverside, CA, US · CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)

The little black cormorant (Phalacrocorax sulcirostris) is a member of the cormorant family of seabirds. It is common in smaller rivers and lakes throughout most areas of Australia and northern New Zealand, where it is known as the little black shag. It is around sixty centimetres long, and is all black with blue-green eyes.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Little Black Cormorant being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Phalacrocorax fuscicollis
Nannopterum brasilianum
Microcarbo niger
Microcarbo pygmaeus
Phalacrocorax carbo

Classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Suliformes
Family: Phalacrocoracidae
Genus: Phalacrocorax
Species: Phalacrocorax sulcirostris

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