bird · Suliformes · Phalacrocoracidae

Crowned Cormorant

Microcarbo coronatus (Wahlberg, 1855) — also called CRCO. Occurrence records of the Crowned Cormorant are shared on GBIF from around 28 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all Table Mountain National Park (2 098 records).

IUCN: Least concernPhalacrocoracidae

28reserves with records

13 665records around them

1provinces

LCIUCN category

Crowned Cormorant (Microcarbo coronatus) — Photo: Ryanvanhuyssteen · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

Reserve	Province	Records
Table Mountain National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	2 098
Betty's Bay Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	2 010
Stony Point Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	1 956
Stony Point Penguin ColonyNature reserve	WC Western Cape	1 951
Lambert’s Bay Bird Island Nature ReserveGame reserve	WC Western Cape	860
Boulders Penguin ColonyGame reserve	WC Western Cape	747
Lion's Head Hiking TrailNature reserve	WC Western Cape	632
Langebaan Lagoon Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	495
West Coast National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	445
SAS Saldanha Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	349
Malgas Island Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	349
Muizenberg CaveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	294
St. James SpringNature reserve	WC Western Cape	282
Silvermine Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	249
Cape Point Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	173
Postberg Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	133
Blaauwberg Conservation AreaNature reserve	WC Western Cape	116
Harmony Flats Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	94
Jock's BayNature reserve	WC Western Cape	89
Paternoster MiddenProtected heritage site	WC Western Cape	83
Macassar Dunes Conservation AreaProtected area	WC Western Cape	77
Marcus Island Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	64
Agulhas National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	31
Table Mountain National Park Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	27
Cape Columbine Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	23
Sixteen Mile Beach Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	21
Kogelberg Nature ReserveProtected area	WC Western Cape	11
Jutten Island Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	6

By province

Western Cape: 28 reserves

Taxonomy

Class: Aves
Order: Suliformes
Family: Phalacrocoracidae
Scientific name: Microcarbo coronatus
GBIF taxon: 6066517
Wikidata: Q59472

More of the Phalacrocoracidae family

Long-tailed Cormorant White-breasted Cormorant Great Cormorant Cape 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.