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Where to see the Little Cormorant

Microcarbo niger · bird · Phalacrocoracidae

Little Cormorant (Microcarbo niger) is recorded in 619 protected areas and wildlife sites across 11 countries in our database. The places with the strongest evidence are Kanha National Park (India), Kevladev National Park (India) and Pallikaranai Marsh (India).

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Little Cormorant
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Where is the best place to see the Little Cormorant?

Based on GBIF records and our guides, the best-documented places to see the Little Cormorant are Kanha National Park (India), Kevladev National Park (India) and Pallikaranai Marsh (India). Most sites are in India (440), Thailand (89) and Sri Lanka (29). It appears in 9 trip reports in our library.

Top 25 places for the Little Cormorant

#PlaceCountryGBIF recordsYearsEvidence
1Kanha National ParkIndia10,3611982–2026Recorded on GBIF
2Kevladev National ParkIndia6,3711970–2026Recorded on GBIF
3Pallikaranai MarshIndia4,5281984–2024Recorded on GBIF
4Kaziranga National ParkIndia3,5621971–2026Recorded on GBIF
5Thane Creek Flamingo Sanctuary ESZ (Proposed)India2,6252005–2026Recorded on GBIF
6Ranthambore National ParkIndia2,5211973–2025Recorded on GBIF
7Sultanpur National ParkIndia2,4541984–2024Recorded on GBIF
8Sultanpur National Park ESZIndia2,4541984–2024Recorded on GBIF
9Thattekad Bird SanctuaryIndia2,4501995–2025Recorded on GBIF
10Okhla SanctuaryIndia2,1301979–2025Recorded on GBIF
11Greater Hesaraghatta Grassland Conservation ReserveIndia1,9232003–2024Recorded on GBIF
12Nal Sarovar Bird SanctuaryIndia1,8951986–2025Recorded on GBIF
13Periyar National ParkIndia1,8851984–2025Recorded on GBIF
14Satpura National ParkIndia1,7262011–2025Recorded on GBIF
15Boeung Tonle Sap Protected AreaCambodia1,6581992–2026Recorded on GBIF
16Deepar Beel Wildlife SanctuaryIndia1,6301996–2025Recorded on GBIF
17Kaeng Krachan National ParkThailand1,5862000–2026Recorded on GBIF
18Nandankanan Zoological ParkIndia1,4492014–2024Recorded on GBIF
19Yala National ParkSri Lanka1,4201975–2026Recorded on GBIF
20Chitwan National ParkNepal1,3811973–2026Recorded on GBIF
21Bannerghatta National ParkIndia1,3591990–2025Recorded on GBIF
22Thol Lake Bird SanctuaryIndia1,3151991–2026Recorded on GBIF
23Nagarhole National ParkIndia1,2421993–2026Recorded on GBIF
24Western Ghats Eco-Sensitive Area in Goa (Proposed)India1,1992000–2026Recorded on GBIF
25Sanjay Gandhi National Park ESZ (Proposed)India1,1441987–2024Recorded on GBIF

594 more places in the interactive map.

By country

India: 440, Thailand: 89, Sri Lanka: 29, Bangladesh: 19, Vietnam: 11, Cambodia: 9, Nepal: 7, Pakistan: 6, Indonesia: 4, Malaysia: 3 and Myanmar: 2.

Seen on trips

The Little Cormorant is recorded in these trip reports:

Tours that have recorded it

In our guides

Read the full species account in our Sumatra guide, Sri Lanka guide, Malaysia guide, India guide.

Take it with you

Build a free printable field guide or e-book for any of these places, with photos and a checklist.

Make a field guide for Kanha National Park

Photo: MATVEY KALACHEV, CC BY 4.0.

GBIF downloads: India, Cambodia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Myanmar, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Pakistan, Malaysia.

Data last updated 2026-11-05. Species–place links come from GBIF occurrence downloads (GBIF.org) matched to protected-area boundaries from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL) and other open boundary sources, plus places listed by our own guides. Record counts are what has been reported to GBIF, not population sizes. Reptiles and amphibians are never shown at park level. How this database works · Data sources and limits.