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Black-faced Cormorant
Phalacrocorax fuscescens (Vieillot, 1817)
Phalacrocoracidae — Cormorants, Shags
Black-faced Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscescens breeds along the coasts of southern Australia, from south-western Western Australia to south-eastern New South Wales, including the Bass Strait islands and Tasmania. It is a cormorant of marine shores and offshore islands, and is found in coastal waters, inlets, rocky shores and, at times, estuaries. The bird is black above with white underparts, and its bare face, bill, tail, feet and thighs are black. Its back feathers are glossy, and the bill ends in a strong hook.
- Order
- Suliformes
- Family
- Phalacrocoracidae — Cormorants, Shags
- Breeding range
- Australasia: coasts of s WA to se NSW, Bass Strait is. and Tasmania (s Australia)
