Microcarbo serventyorum van Tets 1994 (cormorant)

Aves - Suliformes - Phalacrocoracidae

Full reference: G. F. van Tets. 1994. An extinct new species of cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae, Aves) from a Western Australian peat swamp. Records of the South Australian Museum 27(1):135-138

Belongs to Microcarbo according to T. H. Worthy and J. M. T. Nguyen 2020

See also van Tets 1994

Sister taxa: Microcarbo africanus, Microcarbo coronatus, Microcarbo melanoleucos, Microcarbo niger, Microcarbo pygmaeus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Melaleuca, which is in a Holocene mire/swamp horizon in Australia

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Melaleuca

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