Little Cormorant Microcarbo niger Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (36)
- Monotypic
Jaume Orta, Francesc Jutglar, Ernest Garcia, Guy M. Kirwan, and Peter F. D. Boesman
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated May 3, 2014
Text last updated May 3, 2014
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Assamese | পানীকাউৰী |
| Bangla | ছোট পানকৌড়ি |
| Bulgarian | Черен корморан |
| Catalan | corb marí de Vieillot |
| Chinese (SIM) | 黑颈鸬鹚 |
| Czech | kormorán menší |
| Dutch | Indische Dwergaalscholver |
| English | Little Cormorant |
| English (United States) | Little Cormorant |
| Finnish | jaavanmerimetso |
| French | Cormoran de Vieillot |
| French (France) | Cormoran de Vieillot |
| German | Kleinscharbe |
| Gujarati | નાનો કાજિયો |
| Hindi | छोटा पनकौवा |
| Icelandic | Setskarfur |
| Indonesian | Pecuk-padi kecil |
| Japanese | アジアコビトウ |
| Kannada | ಚಿಕ್ಕ ನೀರುಕಾಗೆ |
| Malayalam | ചെറിയ നീർക്കാക്ക |
| Marathi | छोटा पाणकावळा |
| Norwegian | orientdvergskarv |
| Odia | ଛୋଟ ପାଣିକୁଆ |
| Polish | kormoran skromny |
| Punjabi (India) | ਜਲ ਕਾਂ |
| Russian | Яванский баклан |
| Serbian | Indijski mali vranac |
| Slovak | kormorán močiarny |
| Slovenian | Mali kormoran |
| Spanish | Cormorán de Java |
| Spanish (Spain) | Cormorán de Java |
| Swedish | småskarv |
| Telugu | చిన్న నీటికాకి |
| Thai | นกกาน้ำเล็ก |
| Turkish | Kara Küçük Karabatak |
| Ukrainian | Баклан яванський |
Microcarbo niger (Vieillot, 1817)
PROTONYM:
Hydrocorax niger
Vieillot, 1817. Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc. Nouvelle édition 8, p.88.
TYPE LOCALITY:
East Indies = Bengal.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- MICROCARBO
- niger
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Little Cormorant
