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Phalacrocorax pygmaeus   (Pallas, 1773)

Pygmy cormorant
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Aves | Pelecaniformes | Phalacrocoracidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Others.  Subtropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Western Indian Ocean, Northwest Pacific, Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cmmax. published weight: 640.00 g (Ref. 356)

Short description Morphology

Culmen: 2.985 cm; tarsus: 3.79 cm; wing: 20.35 cm.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

A coastal species, which exhibits pursuit diving (Ref. 356).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Shmueli, M., Z. Arad, G. Katzir and I. Izhaki. 2003. (Ref. 80155)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 01 October 2016

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)


Threat to humans

Human uses


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BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 14.1 - 20.7, mean 18.6 (based on 536 cells).
Resilience (Ref. 69278): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=22.6-51.95).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.