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Indian Cormorant

Phalacrocorax fuscicollis

Description:

The Indian cormorant or Indian shag (Phalacrocorax fuscicollis) is a member of the cormorant family. It is found mainly along the inland waters of the Indian Subcontinent but extending west to Sind and east to Thailand and Cambodia. It is a gregarious species that can be easily distinguished from the similar sized little cormorant by its blue eye, small head with a sloping forehead and a long narrow bill ending in a hooked tip.

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Ashutosh Dudhatra
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Ashutosh Dudhatra

Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

Spotted on Dec 9, 2016
Submitted on Dec 9, 2016

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