---
title: "Bonte aalscholver"
description: "Phalacrocorax varius — Vogels. The Australian pied cormorant (Phalacrocorax varius), also known as the pied cormorant, pied shag, or great pied cormorant, is a medium-sized member of the cormorant family."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/pied-cormorant
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Bonte aalscholver

> Phalacrocorax varius — Vogels. The Australian pied cormorant (Phalacrocorax varius), also known as the pied cormorant, pied shag, or great pied cormorant, is a medium-sized member of the cormorant family.

- Scientific name: *Phalacrocorax varius*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 15247
- Wikidata: [Q25625](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25625)
- iNaturalist taxon: [4304](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/4304)

## Names

- en: Pied Cormorant
- de: Elsterscharbe
- es: Cormorán pío
- fr: Cormoran varié
- nl: Bonte aalscholver
- pt: Biguá-alvinegro
- pl: Kormoran srokaty

## Countries with the most observations

NZ (7602), AU (7100)

## Summary

The Australian pied cormorant (Phalacrocorax varius), also known as the pied cormorant, pied shag, or great pied cormorant, is a medium-sized member of the cormorant family.  It is found around the coasts of Australasia.  In New Zealand, it is usually known either as the pied shag or by its Māori name of kāruhiruhi.  Older sources may refer to it as the "yellow-faced cormorant".

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

## Photo

![Bonte aalscholver](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/pied-cormorant/medium.jpg)

Photo: John Cull · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/144835659

## Machine access

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