Birds of Ladakh

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Common name:

Great Cormorant

Ladakhi name:

Nyaza

Scientific name:

Phalacrocorax carbo

Order:

Passeriformes

Family:

aluadidae

fun facts:

The Great Cormorant can be spotted along bigger rivers and open shallow lakes and ponds, up to 4600 m.

The sexes look the same. It is a migrant to Ladakh.

Bird Club Contributor:

Tsewang Dorjey Daya, Khardong