Socotra Cormorant Phalacrocorax nigrogularis

Socotra Cormorant Phalacrocorax nigrogularis

Abu Dhabi
March 2010

The Socotra Cormorant is distributed in only a few colonies in the Persian Gulf and to the south of the Arabian Peninsula. It is classified as Vulnerable by Birdlife International.

It is similar to Great Cormorant P. carbo but is slightly smaller with a slimmer head and neck. The adult lacks the white face and chin patch of the Great Cormorant.

These photos are of an immature where the pale fringes to the coverts and scapulars help to identify it as a Socotra.

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