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Microcarbo melanoleucos in life
In life — Little Pied Cormorant, photographed by an iNaturalist observer, not this specimen. (c) Alan Melville, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), uploaded by Alan Melville
BPBM 50270Vertebrate Zoology

Microcarbo melanoleucos

Little Pied Cormorant

As recorded: Phalacrocorax melanoleucos (Vieillot, 1817)

Animalia › Chordata › Aves › Suliformes › Phalacrocoracidae

Collected by
H Clissold
Collector number
Collector Number: --
Locality
Balimo
Region
Papua New Guinea
Coordinates
-8.0456, 142.9581
Record type
Preserved specimen
6 Bishop specimens of Microcarbo melanoleucos · collected 1889–1891Species page ›

Where it was collected

Still here: Microcarbo melanoleucos observed near this locality

Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 1 research-grade sighting in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2025-02-19.

Microcarbo melanoleucos observed 2025-02-19

2025-02-19

Middle Fly District, Western Province, Papua New Guinea

(c) E_Ribak, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.

Cite this specimen

Microcarbo melanoleucos. BPBM 50270. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 37046335. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/vz-bbm-ng/50270.

Record sources