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Reed Cormorant
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species of bird
Species
Least ConcernDie Riedscharbe (Microcarbo africanus, Syn.: Phalacrocorax africanus) ist ein Meeresvogel aus der Familie der Kormorane.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Microcarbo
- Image
- Reed cormorant in Ghana.jpg
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- Commons category
- Microcarbo africanus
- taxon name
- Microcarbo africanus
- Commons gallery
- Microcarbo africanus
- taxon common name
- Barafilo
- wingspan
- 85
- egg incubation period
- 24
- short name
- M. africanus
- taxon range
- Africa
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Encyclopedic overview
The reed cormorant (Microcarbo africanus), also known as the long-tailed cormorant, is a bird in the cormorant family Phalacrocoracidae. It breeds in much of Africa south of the Sahara, and Madagascar. It is resident but undertakes some seasonal movements.
Taxonomy
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Reed Cormorant” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.