bird · Suliformes · Phalacrocoracidae

Cape Cormorant

Phalacrocorax capensis (Sparrman, 1788) . Occurrence records of the Cape Cormorant are shared on GBIF from around 77 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all Lambert’s Bay Bird Island Nature Reserve (4 745 records), in 4 provinces.

IUCN: EndangeredPhalacrocoracidae

77reserves with records

38 194records around them

4provinces

ENIUCN category

Cape Cormorant (Phalacrocorax capensis) — Photo: D. Gordon E. Robertson · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

Reserve	Province	Records
Lambert’s Bay Bird Island Nature ReserveGame reserve	WC Western Cape	4 745
Table Mountain National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	4 560
Betty's Bay Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	2 715
Stony Point Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	2 651
Stony Point Penguin ColonyNature reserve	WC Western Cape	2 644
Garden Route National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	2 547
Boulders Penguin ColonyGame reserve	WC Western Cape	2 080
Muizenberg CaveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	940
St. James SpringNature reserve	WC Western Cape	888
Knysna National Lake AreaProtected area	WC Western Cape	822
Lion's Head Hiking TrailNature reserve	WC Western Cape	738
Jutten Island Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	729
Langebaan Lagoon Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	701
Pledge Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	700
Silvermine Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	663
West Coast National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	637
DONKIN RESERVENature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	623
Lower Guinea-Fowl TrailNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	621
Settlers Park Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	621
SAS Saldanha Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	569
Malgas Island Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	568
Cape Point Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	491
Tsitsikamma National ParkNational park	EC Eastern Cape	391
Tsitsikamma Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	EC Eastern Cape	391
Grysbok ParkNature reserve	WC Western Cape	324
Seal IslandNature reserve	WC Western Cape	320
Fernkloof Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	306
De Hoop Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	254
Steenbok Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	254
Rocherpan Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	250
De Mond Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	220
Pauline Bohnen Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	202
Cape Recife Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	192
Robberg Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	189
Featherbed Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	175
Wilderness National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	155
Paternoster MiddenProtected heritage site	WC Western Cape	155
Blaauwberg Conservation AreaNature reserve	WC Western Cape	146
Agulhas National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	143
Woody Cape Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	117
Jock's BayNature reserve	WC Western Cape	113
Kogelberg Nature ReserveProtected area	WC Western Cape	111
Gonubie Mouth Bird SanctuaryWildlife sanctuary	EC Eastern Cape	107
Gonubie Bird Sanctuary NPOWildlife sanctuary	EC Eastern Cape	107
Postberg Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	104
Rocherpan Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	97
Jukani Predator ParkNature reserve	WC Western Cape	87
Macassar Dunes Conservation AreaProtected area	WC Western Cape	86
Marcus Island Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	77
Table Mountain National Park Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	66
Stilbaai Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	66
Nahoon Estuary Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	65
Dassie TrailNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	65
Harmony Flats Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	56
Lutzville Conservation AreaNature reserve	WC Western Cape	54
Goukamma Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	50
Morris point / Uitkyk puntNature reserve	WC Western Cape	43
Keurboomsrivier NatuurreservaatNature reserve	WC Western Cape	42
Sardinia Bay Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	EC Eastern Cape	41
Vogelgat Private Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	37

and 17 more reserves with fewer records.

By province

Western Cape: 56 reserves
Eastern Cape: 17 reserves
KwaZulu-Natal: 3 reserves
Northern Cape: 1 reserve

Taxonomy

Class: Aves
Order: Suliformes
Family: Phalacrocoracidae
Scientific name: Phalacrocorax capensis
GBIF taxon: 2481899
Wikidata: Q1002574

More of the Phalacrocoracidae family

Long-tailed Cormorant White-breasted Cormorant Great Cormorant Crowned Cormorant Bank Cormorant

Source: GBIF.org occurrence records within the radius of each reserve's point; taxonomy and IUCN category from the GBIF backbone; photo from Wikimedia Commons, credit on the picture. Records near a reserve do not prove the species lives inside it.