Long-tailed Cormorant

Microcarbo africanus (Gmelin, 1789) — also called Reed Cormorant, LTCO, Long-tailed Cormorant / Reed Cormorant. Occurrence records of the Long-tailed Cormorant are shared on GBIF from around 299 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all Rietvlei Nature Reserve (4 862 records), in 9 provinces.

IUCN: Least concernPhalacrocoracidae

299reserves with records

80 172records around them

9provinces

LCIUCN category

Long-tailed Cormorant (Microcarbo africanus) — Photo: Knowledge and philosophy · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

Reserve	Province	Records
Rietvlei Nature ReserveProtected area	GP Gauteng	4 862
Garden Route National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	4 455
False Bay Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	3 223
Pilanesberg National ParkGame reserve	NW North West	2 694
iSimangaliso Wetland ParkProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	1 993
Table Mountain National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	1 929
Kloofendal Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	1 914
Roodeplaat Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	1 602
Marievale Bird SanctuaryGame reserve	GP Gauteng	1 561
Tokai ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	1 553
Knysna National Lake AreaProtected area	WC Western Cape	1 487
Korsman ConservancyPrivate game reserve	GP Gauteng	1 430
Hottentots-HollandProtected area	WC Western Cape	1 341
Moreleta Kloof Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	1 272
Saint Lucia ParkNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	1 200
uMkhuze Game ReserveGame reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	1 196
Pledge Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	1 189
Rondevlei Nature ReserveProtected area	WC Western Cape	1 173
Muizenberg CaveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	1 158
St. Lucia SystemProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	1 015
Lower Guinea-Fowl TrailNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	995
Settlers Park Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	995
DONKIN RESERVENature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	984
Rietfontein Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	921
Dinokeng Game ReserveProtected area	GP Gauteng	903
Highveld GardenNature reserve	FS Free State	885
Paarl Bird SanctuaryWildlife sanctuary	WC Western Cape	866
Naval Hill Nature ReserveNature reserve	FS Free State	848
St. James SpringNature reserve	WC Western Cape	812
Grysbok ParkNature reserve	WC Western Cape	805
Kruin ParkNature reserve	GP Gauteng	749
Eugene Marais ParkNature reserve	GP Gauteng	748
East London Coast Nature ReserveProtected area	EC Eastern Cape	735
Wilderness National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	730
Walter Sisulu National Botanical GardenBotanical garden	GP Gauteng	690
Dick Dent Bird SanctuaryGame reserve	WC Western Cape	643
Helderberg Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	637
McGregor Private Nature ReserveNature reserve	NW North West	623
Seal IslandNature reserve	WC Western Cape	608
Groenkloof Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	605
Elephant Sanctuary HartbeespoortWildlife sanctuary	NW North West	601
Monkey SanctuaryWildlife sanctuary	NW North West	601
Steenbok Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	579
Pilanesberg Private LodgeNature reserve	NW North West	579
Umdoni Bird SanctuaryGame reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	497
Silvermine Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	491
UKhahlamba / Drakensberg ParkProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	468
Albert Falls Game ReserveProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	466
Limietberg Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	460
Free State National Botanical GardenBotanical garden	FS Free State	433
Wonderboom Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	426
Bishop Bird ParkNature reserve	GP Gauteng	401
Sneeuwberg Protected EnvironmentProtected area	FS Free State	398
Borakalalo Game ReserveGame reserve	GP Gauteng	398
The WaterberryNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	382
Augrabies Falls National ParkNational park	NC Northern Cape	363
Vredenheim Big Cats ParkWildlife sanctuary	WC Western Cape	346
St. Lucia Game ParkNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	329
Betty's Bay Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	326
Stony Point Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	318

and 239 more reserves with fewer records.

By province

Western Cape: 94 reserves
KwaZulu-Natal: 58 reserves
Gauteng: 42 reserves
Eastern Cape: 36 reserves
Mpumalanga: 18 reserves
Limpopo: 17 reserves
Free State: 16 reserves
North West: 15 reserves
Northern Cape: 3 reserves

Taxonomy

Class: Aves
Order: Suliformes
Family: Phalacrocoracidae
Scientific name: Microcarbo africanus
GBIF taxon: 6066519
Wikidata: Q59492

More of the Phalacrocoracidae family

White-breasted Cormorant Great Cormorant Cape 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.