{"id":69258,"date":"2014-03-12T22:11:34","date_gmt":"2014-03-12T21:11:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/crowned-cormorant-phalacrocorax-coronatus-nt\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T09:16:34","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T08:16:34","slug":"crowned-cormorant-phalacrocorax-coronatus-nt","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/threatened-bird-species\/nt-near-threatened\/crowned-cormorant-phalacrocorax-coronatus-nt\/","title":{"rendered":"Crowned Cormorant Phalacrocorax coronatus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Phalacrocorax coronatus is restricted to the west coast of southern Africa, breeding at 48 localities from Walvis Bay in Namibia to Cape Agulhas in South Africa. During 1977-1981, the population was estimated to be 2,665 breeding pairs. The most recent estimate is of 8,700 individuals (du Toit et al. 2002).<\/p>\n<p>Factsheet: Crowned Cormorant Phalacrocorax coronatus <\/p>\n\n<div class=\"ngg-galleryoverview\" id=\"ngg-gallery-531-69258\">\n\n\n\n    \t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-5169\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/crowned-cormorant-phalacrocorax-coronatus-nt\/phalacrocorax-coronatus-nt-5.jpg\" title=\"Crowned Cormorant Phalacrocorax coronatus \" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Crowned Cormorant Phalacrocorax coronatus \" alt=\"Crowned Cormorant Phalacrocorax coronatus \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/crowned-cormorant-phalacrocorax-coronatus-nt\/thumbs\/thumbs_phalacrocorax-coronatus-nt-5.jpg\" width=\"255\" height=\"300\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Crowned Cormorant Phalacrocorax coronatus <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-5168\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/crowned-cormorant-phalacrocorax-coronatus-nt\/phalacrocorax-coronatus-nt-3.jpg\" title=\"Crowned Cormorant Phalacrocorax coronatus \" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Crowned Cormorant Phalacrocorax coronatus \" alt=\"Crowned Cormorant Phalacrocorax coronatus \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/crowned-cormorant-phalacrocorax-coronatus-nt\/thumbs\/thumbs_phalacrocorax-coronatus-nt-3.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Crowned Cormorant Phalacrocorax coronatus <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-5167\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/crowned-cormorant-phalacrocorax-coronatus-nt\/phalacrocorax-coronatus-nt-1.jpg\" title=\"Crowned Cormorant Phalacrocorax coronatus \" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Crowned Cormorant Phalacrocorax coronatus \" alt=\"Crowned Cormorant Phalacrocorax coronatus \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/crowned-cormorant-phalacrocorax-coronatus-nt\/thumbs\/thumbs_phalacrocorax-coronatus-nt-1.jpg\" width=\"160\" height=\"300\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Crowned Cormorant Phalacrocorax coronatus <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t<!-- Pagination -->\n \t<div class=\"ngg-clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Phalacrocorax coronatus is restricted to the west coast of southern Africa, breeding at 48 localities from Walvis Bay in Namibia to Cape Agulhas in South Africa. During 1977-1981, the population was estimated to be 2,665 breeding pairs. The most recent estimate is of 8,700 individuals (du Toit et al. 2002). 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