Little Cormorant
Little Cormorant is indeed small, being only about 50 cm in length, and it has a short bill, thus distinguishing it from the similar but larger and longer-billed Indian Cormorant (Phalacrocorax fuscicollis) which is also found widely in Thailand. [Great Cormorant (P. carbo) is also present, but is larger still.] This image shows a bird in the wings-spread posture often adopted to dry the wings after diving for fish, the preferred food source. This individual was seen in the wetlands of the Bueng Boraphet Non-hunting Area, Nakhon Sawan province, Thailand, which we visited on a boat tour.
Little Cormorant
Little Cormorant is indeed small, being only about 50 cm in length, and it has a short bill, thus distinguishing it from the similar but larger and longer-billed Indian Cormorant (Phalacrocorax fuscicollis) which is also found widely in Thailand. [Great Cormorant (P. carbo) is also present, but is larger still.] This image shows a bird in the wings-spread posture often adopted to dry the wings after diving for fish, the preferred food source. This individual was seen in the wetlands of the Bueng Boraphet Non-hunting Area, Nakhon Sawan province, Thailand, which we visited on a boat tour.