Black-faced Cormorant

Black-faced CormorantThis cormorant inhabits southern Australian coasts. Adults have a black face and back with white underparts, and dive for fish.What does it look like?Adults have a black face, upper neck, back and wings, white underparts, a black thigh stripe and blue-green eyes. Juveniles are brown where adults are black, with a brown neck and brown eyes.How does it live?This cormorant inhabits southern Australian coasts. Adults have a black face and back with white underparts, and dive for fish.It is sedentary and breeds in island colonies in Bass Strait. It dives for fish, sometimes to about 10 metres.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.