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• Text account
• Data table and detailed info
• Distribution map
• Reference and further resources

Taxonomic source(s)
Christidis, L. and Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, Australia.
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A. and Fishpool, L.D.C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Non-passerines. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
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Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2018	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	does not normally occur in forest
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	1,730,000 km2
Extent of Occurrence (non-breeding)	203,000 km2
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	poor	estimated	1992
Population trend	unknown	-	-	-
Generation length	8.7 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The total population probably numbers several 10,000s of birds (del Hoyo et al. 1992).

Trend justification: The population trend is difficult to determine because of uncertainty over the extent of threats to the species.

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Australia	extant	native	yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Australia	Betsey Island
Australia	Boxen Island and Big Black Reef
Australia	Chalky, Big Green and Badger Island Groups
Australia	Egg Island (Bass Strait)
Australia	Forsyth, Passage and Gull Islands
Australia	Franklin Sound Islands
Australia	Goose Island (Spencer Gulf)
Australia	Gulf St Vincent
Australia	Hippolyte Rocks
Australia	Hunter Island Group
Australia	Investigator Islands
Australia	Kangaroo Island
Australia	King Island
Australia	Maatsuyker Island Group
Australia	Night Island (Bass Strait)
Australia	Ninth and Little Waterhouse Islands
Australia	Port Davey Islands
Australia	Shag Reef (Bass Strait)
Australia	Sir Joseph Banks Islands
Australia	Three Sisters (Bass Strait)
Australia	Troubridge Island

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	Sea Cliffs and Rocky Offshore Islands	major	breeding
Marine Intertidal	Rocky Shoreline	suitable	breeding
Marine Neritic	Macroalgal/Kelp	major	resident
Marine Neritic	Pelagic	suitable	resident
Marine Neritic	Seagrass (Submerged)	major	resident
Marine Neritic	Subtidal Loose Rock/pebble/gravel	major	resident
Marine Neritic	Subtidal Rock and Rocky Reefs	major	resident
Marine Neritic	Subtidal Sandy	major	resident
Marine Neritic	Subtidal Sandy-Mud	major	resident
Altitude		Occasional altitudinal limits

Threat (level 1)	Threat (level 2)	Impact and Stresses
Biological resource use	Hunting & trapping terrestrial animals - Intentional use (species is the target)	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Negligible declines		Low Impact: 4
		Stresses Species mortality

Purpose	Scale
Food - human	subsistence, national
Pets/display animals, horticulture	international

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Black-faced Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscescens. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/black-faced-cormorant-phalacrocorax-fuscescens on 23/11/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 23/11/2024.