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Reed Cormorant
Microcarbo africanus · Family Phalacrocoracidae
Microcarbo africanus
Family Phalacrocoracidae
- Order
- Suliformes
- Family
- Phalacrocoracidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 367,773
- Countries and territories with records
- 55
About this species
This species has 367,773 occurrence records from 55 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from South Africa (72.2%), Kenya (5.1%), Uganda (2.8%), Namibia (2.3%) and Botswana (2.3%); together they account for 84.7% of the total. In South Africa, this species accounts for 0.67% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Microcarbo africanus combines the genus name Microcarbo with the species epithet africanus. The Warbla app catalog lists 4 species of the genus Microcarbo; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Microcarbo melanoleucos, Microcarbo niger and Microcarbo pygmaeus.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 30 species of the family Phalacrocoracidae. This species ranks 11th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Nannopterum auritum. Its record count is 44.8% of the family average (821,390). The family Phalacrocoracidae belongs to the order Suliformes, which has 48 species in the Warbla app catalog.