Cormorants belonging to the Imperial Cormorant Phalacrocorax
atriceps species complex typically forage on or near the sea bottom in shallow, inshore waters (Cooper 1985, Marchant & Higgins 1990). When numbers are sufficient, foraging may occur in groups of up to several hundred individuals, often in a synchronized manner (e.g. Derenne et al. 1976, Strange...
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| Summary: | atriceps species complex typically forage on or near the sea bottom in shallow, inshore waters (Cooper 1985, Marchant & Higgins 1990). When numbers are sufficient, foraging may occur in groups of up to several hundred individuals, often in a synchronized manner (e.g. Derenne et al. 1976, Strange 1992). With smaller numbers present, foraging is usually undertaken solitarily, although single birds leaving roosts may fly toward foraging birds and commence diving in their vicinity (Cooper 1985). I observed King Cormorants Phalacrocorax [atriceps] albiventer flying towards a Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus raft a few |
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