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Phalacrocorax africanus
Phalacrocorax africanus (Gmelin, 1789)
Crowned cormorant
Phalacrocorax africanus
photo by FAO

Family:  Phalacrocoracidae (cormorants)
Max. size:  50 cm TL (male/unsexed); max.weight: 780.0 g
Environment:  others; marine; depth range 0 - 30 m
Distribution:  Eastern Atlantic, Western Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean. Subtropical to subtropical.
Diagnosis:  Culmen: 3.07 cm; tarsus: 3.6 cm; wing: 20.95 cm.
Biology:  Maximum and minimum depth and common depths are based on diving behavior of another species of the same genus (Ref. 120201). This is to be replaced with better references. A coastal species found <10 km offshore which exhibits pursuit diving (Ref. 356).
IUCN Red List Status: (LC); Date assessed: 13 August 2020 Ref. 123251)
Threat to humans: 
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