Scientific name: Phalacrocorax africanus
It is mainly black, glossed green, in the breeding season. The wing coverts are silvery. It has a longish tail, a short head crest and a red or yellow face patch. The bill is yellow.
In southern Africa, it is common in Zimbabwe, northern and eastern Botswana, patches of Namibia, Mozambique and much of South Africa, largely excluding the arid Kalahari. It can occupy almost any freshwater habitat, excluding very fast-flowing streams, but it generally prefers bodies of water with gently sloping shores.
It mainly eats fish and frogs, hunting by pursuing them through the water using its large webbed feet. Its mainly forages in water under two metres in depth, staying underwater for up to about 43 seconds.
