Pied Cormorant
Phalacrocorax varius
Least Concern (IUCN Red List)Cormorants and Shags
Photo: Andy Gee; Cornell Lab of Ornithology | Macaulay Library
Call and song
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About the Pied Cormorant
Large black and white cormorant with a long ivory-colored bill. Note black "trousers" that help distinguish it from Little Pied Cormorant, which also has a shorter yellow bill. Common in marine environments, but also on inland waterways and large dams.
Species account: eBird.org, fetched 2025-12-26 · How these pages are made
Where it has been recorded
Recorded in 2 of the 253 countries we have eBird lists for. Each opens that country's checklist.
More cormorants and shags
Little Black CormorantPhalacrocorax sulcirostris
Indian CormorantPhalacrocorax fuscicollis
European ShagGulosus aristotelis
Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Neotropic CormorantNannopterum brasilianum
Brandt's CormorantUrile penicillatus
Little CormorantMicrocarbo niger