Australian Pied Cormorant
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Australian Pied Cormorant

Phalacrocorax varius

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered Endemic
Insufficient data
overall probability at Tongariro National Park
1 Verified records at Tongariro National Park
☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

The Australian pied cormorant (Phalacrocorax varius), also known as the pied cormorant, pied shag, or great pied cormorant, is a medium-sized member of the cormorant family. It is found around the coasts of Australasia. In New Zealand, it is usually known either as the pied shag or by its Māori name of kāruhiruhi. Older sources may refer to it as the "yellow-faced cormorant". Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Tongariro National Park

Great Cormorant
LC Endemic

Great Cormorant

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Phalacrocorax carbo

20–30% · Possible
Little Black Cormorant
LC

Little Black Cormorant

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Phalacrocorax sulcirostris

10–20% · With luck
Little Pied Cormorant
LC Endemic

Little Pied Cormorant

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Microcarbo melanoleucos

20–30% · Possible

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Australian Pied Cormorant at Tongariro National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙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 Noosa National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
40–50%
2 Rakiura National Park 🇳🇿 New Zealand
30–40%
3 Abel Tasman National Park 🇳🇿 New Zealand
30–40%
4 Booderee National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
10–20%
5 Fiordland National Park 🇳🇿 New Zealand
10–20%
6 Ningaloo Marine Park 🇦🇺 Australia
10–20%
7 Wilsons Promontory National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
5–10%
8 Great Otway National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
5–10%
9 Royal National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
10 Kakadu National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
11 Daintree National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
12 Kosciuszko National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
13 Grampians National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
14 Blue Mountains National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
15 Aoraki Mount Cook National Park 🇳🇿 New Zealand
Insufficient data
16 Litchfield National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
17 Springbrook National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
18 Tongariro National Park 🇳🇿 New Zealand
Insufficient data
19 Nitmiluk National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
20 Lamington National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
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