Indian Cormorant
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Indian Cormorant

Phalacrocorax fuscicollis

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Insufficient data
overall probability at Eravikulam National Park
2 Verified records at Eravikulam National Park
🌅 Crepuscular When it's active at dawn and dusk

The Indian cormorant or Indian shag (Phalacrocorax fuscicollis) is a member of the cormorant family. It is found mainly along the inland waters of the Indian subcontinent but extends west to Sind and east to Thailand and Cambodia. It is a gregarious species that can be easily distinguished from the similar sized little cormorant by its blue eyes, small head with a sloping forehead and a long narrow bill ending in a hooked tip. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Eravikulam National Park

Little Cormorant
LC

Little Cormorant

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Microcarbo niger

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Oriental Darter
LC

Oriental Darter

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Anhinga melanogaster

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📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Indian Cormorant at Eravikulam National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

🌅 When They're Spotted

Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)

🌅Crepuscular
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Keoladeo National Park 🇮🇳 India
60–70%
2 Yala National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
30–40%
3 Wilpattu National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
30–40%
4 Minneriya National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
20–30%
5 Bandipur National Park 🇮🇳 India
20–30%
6 Ranthambore National Park 🇮🇳 India
10–20%
7 Periyar National Park 🇮🇳 India
10–20%
8 Nagarhole National Park 🇮🇳 India
10–20%
9 Satpura National Park 🇮🇳 India
10–20%
10 Bandhavgarh National Park 🇮🇳 India
5–10%
11 Khao Yai National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
<5%
12 Kanha National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
13 Kaeng Krachan National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
<5%
14 Sinharaja Forest Reserve 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
<5%
15 Eravikulam National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
16 Jim Corbett National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
17 Mudumalai National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
18 Chitwan National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
Insufficient data
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