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White-breasted cormorant

Phalacrocorax carbo

Description:

The White-breasted Cormorant is the only form of Great Cormorant found in sub-Saharan Africa, the only form that has strictly freshwater populations and the only form with a white breast and throat; it does however interbreed freely with dark-breasted forms in central Africa.

Notes:

Spotted at the Austin Roberts Bird Sanctuary

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Mari du Preez
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Mari du Preez

Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa

Spotted on Mar 10, 2013
Submitted on Mar 10, 2013

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