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Indian cormorant

Phalacrocorax fuscicollis Stephens, 1826

LCLeast Concernbirds

The Indian cormorant (Phalacrocorax fuscicollis) is a species in the family Phalacrocoracidae, order Suliformes. Recorded adults weigh 700.5 g to 706 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Indian cormorant (Phalacrocorax fuscicollis)
Photo: J.M.Garg · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the Indian cormorant

Weight
706 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Aquatic predatorsrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
wetlandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
4.2src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Aquaticsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Photos of the Indian cormorant

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Indian cormorant (Phalacrocorax fuscicollis)
Lip Kee Yap · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where does the Indian cormorant live?

Not recorded

What is the Indian cormorant?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The Indian cormorant or Indian shag (Phalacrocorax fuscicollis) is a member of the cormorant family. It is found mainly along the inland waters of the Indian subcontinent but extends west to Sind and east to Thailand and Cambodia. It is a gregarious species that can be easily distinguished from the similar sized little cormorant by its blue eyes, small head with a sloping forehead and a long narrow bill ending in a hooked tip.

From the Wikipedia article “Indian cormorant” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Indian_cormorant&oldid=1380727507), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the Indian cormorant endangered?

The Indian cormorant is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the Indian cormorant classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderSuliformes
  5. familyPhalacrocoracidae
  6. genusPhalacrocorax
  7. SpeciesPhalacrocorax fuscicollis Stephens, 1826

Synonyms Hypoleucos fuscicollis

Other names and names in other languages (47)
  • Indian shagEnglish
  • غاق هنديArabic
  • কৈলাঙীAssamese
  • দেশি পানকৌড়িBangla
  • Morvran IndiaBreton
  • corb marí de l'ÍndiaCatalan
  • kormorán indomalajskýCzech
  • Indisk SkarvDanish
  • BraunwangenscharbeGerman
  • hindia kormoranoEsperanto
  • cormorán hindúSpanish
  • Cormorán indioSpanish
  • tõmmukormoran (tõmmukarbas)Estonian
  • TõmmukormoranEstonian
  • باکلان هندیPersian
  • intianmerimetsoFinnish
  • Cormoran à cou brunFrench
  • Broigheall IndiachIrish
  • કાળો જળ કાગડોGujarati
  • קורמורן הודיHebrew
  • barnamellű kárókatonaHungarian
  • Cormorano indianoItalian
  • インドヒメウJapanese
  • ನೀರುಕಾಗೆKannada
  • indinis kormoranasLithuanian
  • Indijas ūdenisLatvian
  • കിന്നരി മീൻകാക്കMalayalam
  • കിന്നരി നീർക്കാക്കMalayalam
  • भारतीय पाणकावळाMarathi
  • मझौला जलेवाNepali
  • Indische aalscholverDutch
  • bengalskarvNorwegian
  • kormoran indyjskiPolish
  • جل کاںWestern Panjabi
  • corvo-marinho-indianoPortuguese
  • biguá-de-pescoço-marromPortuguese
  • Индийский бакланRussian
  • kormorán hnedolíciSlovak
  • Indijski vranacSerbian
  • கொண்டை நீர்க்காகம்Tamil
  • นกกาน้ำปากยาวThai
  • Hint KarabatağıTurkish
  • баклан індійськийUkrainian
  • Cốc đế nhỏVietnamese
  • 印度鸕鶿Chinese
  • 印度鸕鷀Chinese
  • 印度鸬鹚Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataWoRMSIUCN Red List

Relatives of the Indian cormorant

Other species in the same genus Phalacrocorax.

LC, Least Concern
Spotted shag (Phalacrocorax punctatus)

Spotted shag

Phalacrocorax punctatus

Phalacrocoracidae

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the Indian cormorant?

An adult Indian cormorant weighs 706 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the Indian cormorant endangered?

The Indian cormorant is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the Indian cormorant?

The Indian cormorant (Phalacrocorax fuscicollis) belongs to the family Phalacrocoracidae in the order Suliformes.

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BibTeX
@misc{indian_cormorant_2026,
  title = {Indian cormorant (Phalacrocorax fuscicollis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/indian-cormorant},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}