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Breeding:
Red throat patch and red on face
Relatively slender neck and thin bill
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Quick Check
Holds neck straight in flight, shows white patch on the flank [in breeding plumage]. Smallest of our cormorants.
Cormorants swim holding their bills tilted up.
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Habitat: Foreshore
Groups of 2-3 birds often rest on large rocks offshore and often hold wings out to dry.
Feeding:
Behaviour:
Breeding pairs build stick nests on rocky cliffs at Prospect Point in Stanley Park
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