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Bank cormorant
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Aves
Order:
Suliformes
Family:
Phalacrocoracidae
Genus:
Phalacrocorax
Species:
P. neglectus
Binomial name
Phalacrocorax neglectus
(Wahlberg, 1855)
resident range
The bank cormorant (Phalacrocorax neglectus), also known as Wahlberg's cormorant, is a medium-sized cormorant that is endemic to Namibia and the western seaboard of South Africa, living in and around coastal waters; it is rarely recorded more than 15 km offshore.
^BirdLife International (2018). "Phalacrocorax neglectus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22696766A132592007. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22696766A132592007.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
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