Australian Pied Cormorant swimming in a reedy lagoon in the Cape York region of Queensland in Australia with a large Mitchell River Prawn 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.
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Location: Cape York, Queensland, Australia
Photo credit: © Photography By Marco / Alamy / Afripics
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