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Description ( anglais )

fourni par World Register of Marine Species
Size: large. Resemble cormorants but slimmer. Head small; bill long, slender, pointed bill without hook; neck long and slender forming an S-curve; tail long and strongly graduated; wings long and broad. Remain submerged in water for long periods. Expert divers and swimmers.

Référence

Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman. (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. Academic Press, London.

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