MarBEF Data System

WoRMS taxon details

Phalacrocorax capensis (Sparrman, 1789)

AphiaID

212702 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212702)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Phalacrocorax Brisson, 1760

Environment

marine, terrestrial

Original description

Not documented

Descriptive notes

Description Length: 61-64 cm. Plumage: Black. Bare parts: iris turquoise; face and gular skin yellow to yellow-orange; bill legs and...

Description Length: 61-64 cm. Plumage: Black. Bare parts: iris turquoise; face and gular skin yellow to yellow-orange; bill legs and feet black; eyelids with bright blue beads. Habitat: coastal waters, estuaries. <388><393> [details]

Taxonomic citation

WoRMS (2024). Phalacrocorax capensis (Sparrman, 1789). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212702 on 2024-05-02

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1998-07-17 10:53:12Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

1998-09-25 09:27:15Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2011-04-08 06:18:06Z

checked

Adriaens, Peter

2011-04-27 09:01:37Z

changed

Adriaens, Peter

Licensing

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[taxonomic tree]

basis of record Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman. (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. <em>Academic Press, London.</em> [details]

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

From other sources

Definitions

Language	Name
Dutch	Kaapse aalscholver	[details]
English	Cape cormorant	[details]
French	Cormoran du Cap	[details]
German	Kapscharbe	[details]

To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (71 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
To ITIS