White breasted cormorant
Introduction: White-breasted cormorants (Phalacrocorax lucidus) inhabit both salt and fresh water bodies. Being mainly aquatic, they can also be observed at dams, streams and rivers as well as coastal reefs and estuaries.
Distribution: Along the entire Namibian coastline as well as Epupa Falls, Caprivi, Etosha National Park, Orange River, Fish River Canyon and other regions of southern, central and northern Namibia.
Diet: Small prey is swallowed underwater, head first. Eats mainly fish with inland birds adding frogs and crabs to the menu.
Description: Inland white-breasted cormorants are smaller than coastal birds, probably because of the larger food variety the coastal region has to offer.
Breeding: Colonial nesters with other cormorants, pelicans and African darter, egrets and other herons. Females lay between 2 and 5 eggs and incubated for up to 28 days.
Size: 90cm.
Weight: 2kg.
Wingspan: 1.5m.
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