Australian Pied Cormorant swimming in open water in Rabi Bay, Cleveland in Queensland, Australia wrestling with a small fish in its beak.
The little pied cormorant, little shag or kawaupaka (Microcarbo melanoleucos) is a common Australasian waterbird, found around the coasts, islands, estuaries, and inland waters of Australia, New Guinea, New Zealand, and Indonesia, and around the islands of the south-western Pacific and the subantarctic. It is a small short-billed cormorant usually black above and white below with a yellow bill and small crest, although a mostly black white-throated form predominates in New Zealand. Three subspecies are recognised. Until recently most authorities referred to this species as Phalacrocorax melanoleucos.
Size: 8256px × 5504px
Location: Rabi Bay, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Photo credit: © Photography By Marco / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: accomplished, active, animal, aquatic, attraction, australia, australian, behaviour, bird, black, brisbane, captured, coast, cormorant, destination, diving, excellent, fauna, feeding, fish, gold, habitat, hunt, hunter, hunting, kawaupaka, melanoleucos, microcarbo, native, open, pied, plumage, popular, predation, predator, predatory, prey, queensland, saltwater, sea, shag, skilled, south-east, success, successful, survival, swimmer, tourism, tourist, travel, waterbird, waterhole, white, wilderness
