Gold Coast
flora and fauna

A guide to the plants and animals that make our city one of the most biodiverse in Australia.
Phylum
CHORDATA
Class
AVES
Family
PHALACROCORACIDAE
Genus
Phalacrocorax
Species
sulcirostris
Has fauna
True
Mapping

Common Name
Little Black Cormorant
Alternate name
Is historical
False
QLD
NSW
EPBC
APC
ROTAP
Comment
Common in shallow fresh and salt waters.
LGA significant
False
Stronghold population
False
Wildnet record
False
Museum listing
True
Introduced
False
Qld Census
False
Regionally significant/rationale
False
Restricted distribution/rationale
False
Abundance
Common
Historical abundance
Endemicity
Overall distribution
Local distribution
Common and widespread on terrestrial wetlands and in sheltered coastal waters
Known location
Pimpama, Bundall, Burleigh Heads, Hope Island, Eagleby, Coombabah, Tallebudgera Creek EP, Jacobs Wel
Other locality
Common in all kinds of shallow, fresh and salt waters,
Riparian dependent
True
Wetland dependent
True
Forest dependent
False
Hollow dependent
False
Terrestrial
True
Estuarine
True
Marine
True
General ecology
Lagoons, dams, swamps, bays, estuaries, channels.
Specific ecology
Habitat
Habitat comment
Adapts well to artifical wetlands, even using small farm dams and deep drains.
Threats
Management
Community type
Migratory
False
Migration notes
Feeding status
Feeding strategy
Feeding substrate
Diet
Reproduction
Breeding season
Active period
Active season
Social group
Behaviour
Range
Biology
Growth form
Description
Taxonomy Comments
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