Little
Cormorant

Little Cormorant

The Little Cormorant is a black duck-like water bird with longish stiff tail, slender, compressed bill, sharply hooked at tip. A small white patch on the throat. Seen in singles or flocks at water-bodies or perching upright on rock or trees near water-bodies. Food : Exclusively fish.

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Regional Names

• Assamese:
  পানী কাউৰী
• Gujarati:
  નાનો જળ કાગડો, નાનો કાજિયો
• Hindi:
  छोटा पनकौवा, जोग्राबी
• Kannada:
  ಪುಟ್ಟ ನೀರುಕಾಗೆ
• Malayalam:
  ചെറിയ നീർക്കാക്ക
• Marathi:
  छोटा पाणकावळा
• Oriya:
  ପାଣିକୁଆ
• Sanskrit:
  लघु जलकाक
• Tamil:
  சின்ன நீர்க்காகம்

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