Australian Pied Cormorant
Phalacrocorax varius ‡
Point Cook, Port Phillip Bay, SC Vic IMG_0979 20180429 - adult in non-breeding plumage. CLICK for one atWaddi Trees, Birdsville, SW Qld 20240929.
Notes: Large. Ivory bill, boldly coloured facial skin.
Black 'trousers'.
Breeding: facial skin orange-yellow in front of eye,
blue below eye; gular pouch
pinkish purple. Non-breeding: duller.
Juvenile: dark brown above, smudged on breast.
Mostly on deep-water
bodies. Breeds colonially mostly on coastal islands.
Range from Morcombe©
Penneshaw Boatramp, Kangaroo Isl, SE SA IMG_5888 20241112 - breeding plumage. CLICK for another pic.
Australind, SW WA IMG_8157 20181020 - 2 x Little Pied (breeding), Pied (breeding), Little Black Cormorant
Cuttaburra Crossing, FW Qld IMG_8502 20240927 - non-breeding plumage. CLICK for another there.
Black Rock Foreshore, Melbourne, S Vic IMG_5451 20220125 - adult. CLICK for a closeup.
Western Treatment Plant, Werribee, SC Vic IMG_1512+1513+1514 20190430 - flyby.
Two Rocks SW WA IMG_7266 20181012 - non-breeding plumage: bare facial skin yellow in front of eye, other coloursduller or absent. CLICK for one on Buffalo Creek, Darwin, N NT 20180731
Stanwell Park, CE NSW IMG_4237 20140520 - Great Cormorant on left, non-breeding plumage Pied on right.
Roebuck Bay, Broome, NW WA IMG_1657 20180906 - roosting site for non-breeding plumage Pieds.
Buffalo Creek, Darwin, N NT MVI_4601+IMG_4599 20180731 - feeding
Cape Jervis, SE SA IMG_2643 20241026 - Australian Pied Cormorant with Black-faced Cormorants
Cape Jervis, SE SA IMG_xxxx 20241026