Cape cormorants (Phalacrocorax capensis) on jetty, Walvis Bay, Namibia

This endangered species is endemic to the coasts of Namibia and South Africa. The birds are intermediate in appearance between the shags (P. aristotelis) and the great cormorants (P. carbo) of Europe. Photo taken from a boat.

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