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European Shag

Phalacrocorax aristotelis

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Description:

Medium sized darkish cormorant with short legs, and yellow bill.

Habitat:

Common dweller of Mediterranean coast, here seen in urban area of Marseille.

Notes:

Thanks to the cell of LPO (Bird Protection League) of Marseille, I was able to revise the previous ID (Great Cormorant), to the actual one (European Shag).

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Zlatan Celebic
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Zlatan Celebic

Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Tromelin Island

Spotted on Nov 7, 2016
Submitted on Nov 7, 2016

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cormorant cormoran phalacrocoracidae mediterranean region marseille calanques phalacrocorax aristotelis phalacrocorax aristotelis shag european
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