Little Pied Cormorant or Little Shag

The little pied cormorant or little shag (Microcarbo melanoleucos) is not really little, but it is smaller than the 40 other species of cormorants. It grows to around 55 - 62 cm. The wingspan is 84 - 91 cm and the weight is 500 - 900 grams. As its name suggests, the pied cormorant is entirely black above and white below.
The little pied cormorant or kawaupaka (Māori name in New Zealand) is a Australasian waterbird, found around coastal areas and inland waters of Australia, New Zealand, eastern Indonesia to the Solomon Islands and New Caledonia.
The Little Pied Cormorant is found in either fresh or salt water, often in large flocks on open waterways and the coast. They are often seen sitting in trees and on rocks or piers with their wings outstretched sunning themselves and drying their wings. This is because their wing feathers are not waterproof.
Little Pied Cormorants feed on a wide variety of aquatic animals, from insects, crustaceans and fish to seaweed.
This picture is taken in www.burgerszoo.eu/ in Arnhem, the Netherlands.
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De kleine bonte aalscholver of Australische dwergaalscholver (Microcarbo melanoleucos) is niet echt klein, maar de vogel is kleiner dan de 40 meeste andere aalscholvers. De kleine bonte aalscholver wordt ongeveer 55 à 62 cm. De vleugelspanwijdte is 84 à 91 cm en het gewicht is 500 à 900 gram. De bovenkant van de kleine bonte aalscholver is zwart en de onderkant is wit.
De kawaupaka (de Māori-naam voor de kleine bonte aalscholver in Nieuw-Zeeland) is een Australasian watervogel uit kustgebieden en binnenwateren van Australië, Nieuw-Zeeland, het oosten van Indonesië, Irian Jaya, Papoea Nieuw Guinea, de Salomonseilanden en Nieuw-Caledonië.
De kleine bonte aalscholver wordt vaak gezien in grote zwermen zittend in bomen, op rotsen en op pieren met uitgestrekte vleugels zonnend en de vleugels drogend.
Ze voeden zicht met een breed scala van waterdieren, insecten, schaaldieren en vis, maar ook zeewier.
Deze foto is gemaakt in de mangrovehal van www.burgerszoo.eu/ in Arnhem, Nederland.
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Taken in: Nederland / Gelderland / Arnhem (show map)

Taken on: May 2, 2015

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