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title: "Reed Cormorant"
description: "Microcarbo africanus — Aves. The reed cormorant (Microcarbo africanus), also known as the long-tailed cormorant, is a bird in the cormorant family Phalacrocoracidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/reed-cormorant
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Reed Cormorant

> Microcarbo africanus — Aves. The reed cormorant (Microcarbo africanus), also known as the long-tailed cormorant, is a bird in the cormorant family Phalacrocoracidae.

- Scientific name: *Microcarbo africanus*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Lagos e rios)
- iNaturalist observations: 10708
- Wikidata: [Q59492](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q59492)
- iNaturalist taxon: [508246](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/508246)

## Names

- en: Reed Cormorant
- de: Riedscharbe
- es: Cormorán africano
- fr: Cormoran africain
- nl: Afrikaanse dwergaalscholver
- pl: Kormoran etiopski

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (6253), KE (495), UG (444), BW (371), TZ (308), GM (291), NA (271), ZM (271), BJ (225), SN (221), ZW (183), MW (104)

## Summary

The reed cormorant (Microcarbo africanus), also known as the long-tailed cormorant, is a bird in the cormorant family Phalacrocoracidae. It breeds in much of Africa south of the Sahara, and Madagascar. It is resident but undertakes some seasonal movements.

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

## Photo

![Reed Cormorant](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/reed-cormorant/medium.jpg)

Photo: Dave Brown · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/71620237

## Machine access

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