Reed Cormorant / Microcarbo africanus LC

Synonyms Lont-tailed Cormorant, Reed-Duiker, Long-tailed Cormorant, Long-tailed Cormorant/Reed Cormorant, Reed Duiker, Long-tailed Shag
Old latin name for bird Phalacrocorax africanus, Carbo africanoides, Plotus nanus, Pelecanus africanus, Halietor africanus, Anhinga nana

Reed Cormorantbird sounds *

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Call, © Andrew Spencer
Ethiopia
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Call, © Bram Piot
Senegal

* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

Related species

Crowned Cormorant

Pygmy Cormorant

Little Cormorant

Little Pied Cormorant

Where to see Reed Cormorant

Breeding region Africa
Breeding subregion mainly inland; widespread Sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar

Reed Cormorant subspecies (2)

Subspecies	Breeding subregion	Nonbreeding subregion	Extinct
Microcarbo africanus africanus	inland and coastal Sub-Saharan Africa	-	No
Microcarbo africanus pictilis	Madagascar (mainly w)	-	No

Species Name in Other Languages

Language	Translation
Afrikaans	Rietduiker
Azerbaijani	qamış qarabatdağı
Basque	Ubarroi buztanluze
Belarusian	Чаротавы баклан
Bengali	রযাঞ্জা ঩ানমকৌচড়
Breton	Morvran Afrika
Bulgarian	Африкански корморан
Catalan	corb marí africà
Chinese	长尾鸬鹚
Chinese (Traditional)	長尾鸕鷀
Croatian	afrički vranac, Dugorepi vranac
Czech	kormorán dlouhoocasý
Danish	Rørskarv
Dutch	Afrikaanse Dwergaalscholver
Esperanto	Longvosta kormorano, Longavosta kormorano
Estonian	Aafrika kääbuskormoran, aafrika kääbuskormoran (aafrika kääbuskarbas)
Finnish	kaislamerimetso
French	Cormoran africain, Cormoran pygmée africain, Cormoran d'Afrique, Cormoran à longue queue
Frisian	Langsturt-ielgoes
Galician	Corvo mariño africano
German	Riedscharbe
Greek	Αφρικαvική λαγγόvα
Hebrew	קורמורן אפריקאי, קורמורן ארוך-זנב
Hungarian	Afrikai károkatona, afrikai kárókatona
Icelandic	Vatnaskarfur
Irish	Broigheall fadearrach
Italian	Cormorano africano
Japanese	アフリカコビトウ
Latvian	niedru ūdenis
Lithuanian	afrikinis kormoranas, Ilgauodegis kormoranas
Macedonian	Долгоопашест корморан
Malagasy	Manaramboalavo, Ramangarana, Sakaizamboay, vorondolo, Vorondrano, Razamboay, Kontonboay, Fangalamotamboay, Vadimboay
Northern Sami	Goalšoskárfa
Norwegian	langhaleskarv
Norwegian Nynorsk	Langhaleskarv
Polish	kormoran etiopski
Portuguese	Mergulhao serpente, corvo-marinho-africano, Mergulhao-serpente
Romanian	Cormoran african
Russian	Камышовый баклан, Африканский баклан
Serbian	Dugorepi vranac
Slovak	kormorán dlhochvostý
Slovenian	afriški kormoran
Spanish	Cormorán africano
Swahili	Mnandi Mkia-mrefu
Swedish	långstjärtad skarv
Turkish	Uzun Kuyruklu Karabatak, Uzun-kuyruklu Karabatak
Ukrainian	баклан африканський
Welsh	Mulfran hesg
Xhosa	Ugwidi
Zulu	iPhishamanzi