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title: "Black-faced Cormorant"
description: "Phalacrocorax fuscescens — Uccelli. The black-faced cormorant (Phalacrocorax fuscescens), also known as the black-faced shag, is a medium-sized member of the cormorant family."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/black-faced-cormorant
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Black-faced Cormorant

> Phalacrocorax fuscescens — Uccelli. The black-faced cormorant (Phalacrocorax fuscescens), also known as the black-faced shag, is a medium-sized member of the cormorant family.

- Scientific name: *Phalacrocorax fuscescens*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mare e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 2659
- Wikidata: [Q25640](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25640)
- iNaturalist taxon: [4311](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/4311)

## Names

- en: Black-faced Cormorant
- de: Schwarzgesichtscharbe
- es: Cormorán carinegro
- fr: Cormoran de Tasmanie
- nl: Blauwmaskeraalscholver
- pt: Biguá-de-cara-preta
- pl: Kormoran czarnoczelny

## Countries with the most observations

AU (2479)

## Summary

The black-faced cormorant (Phalacrocorax fuscescens), also known as the black-faced shag, is a medium-sized member of the cormorant family. Upperparts, including facial skin and bill, are black, with white underparts. It is endemic to coastal regions of southern Australia.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-faced_cormorant

## Photo

![Black-faced Cormorant](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/black-faced-cormorant/medium.jpg)

Photo: John Cull · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/144959724

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/black-faced-cormorant?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).