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Laborers rest on a heap of scrap leather before burning them in an oven to make fertilizer at a roadside factory in Kolkata, West Bengal, India October 18, 2009. Photo by Tim Chong
Alternative Names:
English (Rob 6): Whitebreasted Cormorant
English (Rob 7): White-breasted Cormorant
English: Great Cormorant
Scientific: Phalacrocorax carbo
German: Weißbrustkormoran
French: Cormoran à poitrine blanche
Indigenous: iWonde(Z),Ugwidi(X),Nkororo(K),Ngulukwani(Ts),Timêlêtsane(Tw),Scientific Explained:
phalacrocorax: Greek phalakros, bald; korax, a crow or raven.
Measurements: Length about 90 cm; wingspan about 150 cm; wing (10) 304-325-350; tail 125-139,4-148; tarsus 48-53,3-61; culmen 60-65,5-70. Weight (6) 1O39-1616-2229 g.
Bare Parts: Iris green; bill black above, tan below shading to black at tip; skin on lores yellow; gular pouch dark green; legs and feet black.
Identification: Size large; above black with greenish gloss; white from chin to upper belly (extent of white somewhat variable); rest of underparts black; breeding birds usually have white thigh patches; nonbreeding adults browner, and lack white thigh patches. Immature: Dark brown above, off-white below. Chick: Naked black, then with sooty black down.
Voice: Usually silent; at breeding colony guttural grunts, growls and hisses.
Distribution: Throughout s Africa; also most of Africa s of Sahara, Europe, c and s Asia, Australasia, e N America.
Status: Common resident.
Habitat: Marine and inland waters, usually larger dams and pans.
Habits: Solitary or gregarious. Sits erect when perched. Often flies low over water at speeds of up to 60 km/h. Swims with body partly submerged when alarmed.
Food: Mainly fish; also frogs, crustaceans and molluscs.
Breeding: Season: Variable, April to October in KwaZulu-Natal, May to June in Transvaal, February to October in Zimbabwe; may breed throughout year. Nest: Coarse stick platform in tree, on cliffs or on ground or rocky islands, in more or less dense colonies of a few to hundreds of nests; becomes covered with guano; often re-used year after year. Clutch: (60) 2-3,1-4 eggs. Eggs: Pale greenish blue overlain with chalky white, somewhat elongate; measure (134) 63 x 39,7 (52-70,7 x 32,4-42,2); weigh (81) 36-54-64 g. Incubation: 27-28 days by both sexes. Nestling: about 53 days, cared for by both parents. If disturbed, young may leave nest at 28 days. Chicks weigh at hatching (32) 32-38-47 g.
Ref. Brooke, R.K., Cooper, J., Shelton, P.A. & Crawford, R.J.M. 1982. Gerfaut 72:188-220.
Olver, M.D. & Kuyper, M.A. 1978. Ostrich 49:25-30.
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Alternative Names:
English (Rob 6): Cape Cormorant
English (Rob 7): Cape Cormorant
German: Kapkormoran
French: Cormoran du Cap
Indigenous: Ugwidi(X),Scientific Explained:
capense/capensis: Modern Latin, of the Cape.
phalacrocorax: Greek phalakros, bald; korax, a crow or raven.
Measurements: Length 61-64 cm; wingspan 109 cm; wing (10) 245-253,5-275; tail 86-95,3-100; tarsus 56-58,7-63; culmen 50,4-53,8-56,4. Weight male mean 1306 g, female mean 1155 g.
Bare Parts: Iris turquoise; eyelids with bright blue beads; face and gular skin bright orange-yellow; bill, legs and feet black.
Identification: Size medium; all black with markedly short tail; throat yellow; bill relatively slender and long. Immature: Brown; no yellow on throat until 2nd year; proportions as for adult. Chick: Naked black with pink bill and feet; later downy blackish.
Voice: Usually silent; at breeding colonies clucks and croaks.
Distribution: Marine, from Congo River mouth to s Mozambique.
Status: Abundant on W coast, less common on E coast; highly nomadic, but some present all year round off SW Cape. Red data book status globally (and in S Africa): Near-threatened.
Habitat: Coastal waters usually within 10 km of shore; also brackish estuaries.
Habits: Highly gregarious. Flies in long undulating lines low over sea; flight speed up to 75 km/h. Settles in large flocks to feed, diving from surface and submerging for up to 30 seconds. Roosts in large numbers on islands or guano platforms.
Food: Fish (mainly anchovies, pilchards, maasbankers); off Namibia mostly Pelagic Goby Sufflogobius bibarbatus 45-50 mm long, 1,7 g mean weight; also occasionally crustaceans, mussels, cephalopods.
Breeding: Localities: Offshore islands from Namibia to Algoa Bay, or guano platforms off Namibian coast. Season: Throughout year, but mainly September to March with peak September-October. Nest: Shallow bowl of sticks and seaweed on rocky islands or floor of guano platform, in dense colonies. Clutch: (1626) 1-2,4-5 eggs, usually 2-3. Eggs: Chalky white, long ovals, measure (210) 54,5 x 35,5 (47-61 x 32-38), weigh (14) 31-37-42 g. Incubation: 22-23 days, by both sexes. Nestling: About 9 weeks to flying age, but still dependent on parents for food for several weeks; chick weighs 24-31 g at hatching.
Ref. Berry, H.H. 1976. Madoqua 9(4):5-55.
Cooper, J., Brooke, R.K., Shelton, P.A. & Crawford, R.J.M. 1982. Fish. Bull. S. Afr. 16:121-143.
An evening commuter rests while waiting for his train, in the metallic surrounds of Britomart station.
Britomart is main terminal station in Auckland. It opened in 2003 when the line was extended in tunnel into the CBD. The tracks and platforms are underground, while the old post office building is used as the entry.
Trip to New Zealand January 2007.
FORT CARSON, Colo. – Soldiers of Company D, 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division rest during a security halt on Camp Red Devil, Fort Carson, April 3, 2012. The Soldiers of Company D conducted training in preparation for a deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
(U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Andrew Porch 2nd BCT PAO)
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