Little Black Cormorant
Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderSuliformes
- FamilyPhalacrocoracidae (Corbs marins)
- GenusPhalacrocorax (Typical Old World Cormorants)
- SpeciesPhalacrocorax sulcirostris (Little Black Cormorant)
Closest Relatives at Daintree National Park
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carbo
Australian Pied Cormorant
Phalacrocorax varius
Little Pied Cormorant
Microcarbo melanoleucos
Australian Darter
Anhinga novaehollandiae
Brown Booby
Sula leucogaster
Lesser Frigatebird
Fregata ariel
Great Frigatebird
Fregata minor
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Little Black Cormorant in Daintree National Park?
About 16% of visitor-days record a Little Black Cormorant sighting in Daintree National Park, based on 291 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Little Black Cormorant in Daintree National Park?
December has the highest sighting rate for Little Black Cormorant in Daintree National Park in our monthly data.