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The Little Cormorant is called Pan Kowwa or Chhota Ganhil in Hindi.its biological name is Microcarbo Niger .
it is slightly larger than a jungle crow. it is an all black duck like water bird with longish stiff Thailand slender compressed bills hardly hooked at the tip. It has a small patch on the throat and on the back of the head.
It is found in single or small flocks near village tanks . marshes swamps streams . lakes , estuuaries . large inland water bodies and on brackish lagoons and tidal creeks.
The birds have black webbed feet and short legs.
The birds perch on rocks or fishing stakes .or trees overhanging water. sunning themselves with outspread wings.
They make a low pitched ah - ah -ah and kok-kok-kok calls.
It's main food is fish. They are accomplished swimmers and divers and all fishing is done under water and come to surface to swallow it. Cormorants have seemingly insatiable appetite.
The breeding season is mainly from June to August jn North India and Nov to Feb jn Southern India. The nest is made on trees and the clutch has two to six eggs.
Breeding adults have white plumes on the sides of the head and a small double rest of strjngy black or white feathers .Male double crested birds ate slight
Coyote goes and raccoons may also prey on Cormorant chicks. Adult Cormorant also has the danger from
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