Roy
I have seen a Little Pied Cormorant with a reddish brown lower abdomen
in the Newcastle, NSW area and assumed that the bird had been feeding in
shallow water with reddish mud and that the bird had simply accumulated
the red mud colour on its belly plumage.
Greg Little
Greg Little - Principal Consultant
General Flora and Fauna
PO Box 526
Wallsend, NSW, 2287, Australia
Ph 02 49 556609
Fx 02 49 556671
www.gff.com.au
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Subject: Unusual Cormorant
Hello all
I was in the NT in late August and visited Knuckey's Lagoons near
Darwin.
At the Fiddler's Lane lagoon, we (4 of us) saw an unusual cormorant. It
was
about the size of a Little Pied Cormorant. It was all black except for
a
white throat and a broad white band across the belly. It also had a
pinkish
orange bill. It was with a Little Pied Cormorant and a couple of Little
Blacks. I took a couple of poor quality photos through my scope which I
can
send to people. I am assuming that it must have been some sort of
aberrant
plumage although it looked very 'neat'. I have had a look at various
cormorant illustrations and the only ones with black/white on the front
are
the White-throated in Africa (which is a much larger bird) and the
transitional phase of the Little Pied Shag in NZ. My bird looked like
neither. Any comments or suggestions would be welcome.
My apologies for not posting this sooner but I have been on the road
with
little access to email/internet.
Cheers
Roy Sonnenburg
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