Little Black Cormorant
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Little Black Cormorant

Phalacrocorax sulcirostris

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

The little black cormorant (Phalacrocorax sulcirostris) is a member of the cormorant family of seabirds. It is common in smaller rivers and lakes throughout most areas of Australia and northern New Zealand, where it is known as the little black shag. It is around sixty centimetres long, and is all black with blue-green eyes. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Rakiura National Park

Australian Pied Cormorant
LC Endemic

Australian Pied Cormorant

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Phalacrocorax varius

30–40% · Possible
Spotted Shag
LC Endemic

Spotted Shag

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Phalacrocorax punctatus

30–40% · Possible
Great Cormorant
LC Endemic

Great Cormorant

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Phalacrocorax carbo

<5% · Rare
Bronze Shag
VU Endemic

Bronze Shag

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Leucocarbo chalconotus

30–40% · Possible
Little Pied Cormorant
LC Endemic

Little Pied Cormorant

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Microcarbo melanoleucos

20–30% · Possible
Australasian Gannet
LC

Australasian Gannet

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Morus serrator

<5% · Rare

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Little Black Cormorant at Rakiura 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 Wilsons Promontory National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
20–30%
2 Maria Island National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
20–30%
3 Booderee National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
10–20%
4 Royal National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
10–20%
5 Great Otway National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
10–20%
6 Freycinet National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
10–20%
7 Kakadu National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
10–20%
8 Daintree National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
10–20%
9 Tongariro National Park 🇳🇿 New Zealand
10–20%
10 Blue Mountains National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
10–20%
11 Grampians National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
10–20%
12 Noosa National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
5–10%
13 Springbrook National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
5–10%
14 Kosciuszko National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
5–10%
15 Ningaloo Marine Park 🇦🇺 Australia
5–10%
16 Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
5–10%
17 Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
18 Abel Tasman National Park 🇳🇿 New Zealand
<5%
19 Fiordland National Park 🇳🇿 New Zealand
<5%
20 Litchfield National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
21 Nitmiluk National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
22 Lamington National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
23 Flinders Ranges National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
24 Arthur's Pass National Park 🇳🇿 New Zealand
Insufficient data
25 Bali Barat National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
Insufficient data
26 Rakiura National Park 🇳🇿 New Zealand
Insufficient data
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