page_title: List of birds of Botswana
section_title: Cormorants and shags
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of Botswana / Cormorants and shags
caption_attribution_description: English: Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) perching on a post in the Long Water, the Serpentine, London, England.
context_page_description: This is a list of the bird species recorded in Botswana. The avifauna of Botswana included a total of 595 species as of August 2019 according to BirdLife Botswana's Checklist of Birds in Botswana. Of them, 97 are accidental, 112 are uncommon, and three have been introduced by humans. None are endemic.
  This list's taxonomic treatment and nomenclature are those of The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 2019 edition. Differences in common and scientific names between the Clements taxonomy and that of BirdLife Botswana are frequent but not noted here.
  The following tags highlight several categories of occurrence other than regular migrants and residents; the tags follow the BirdLife Botswana list usage.
  Accidental - a species which has been recorded 10 or fewer times in Botswana
  Uncommon - a species which has been recorded more than 10 times but for which BirdLife Botswana wishes to receive more records so as to better assess their status
  (I) Introduced - a species introduced to Botswana as a consequence, direct or indirect, of human actions, and which has a self-sustaining population.
context_section_description: Order: Suliformes   Family: Phalacrocoracidae
  Phalacrocoracidae is a family of medium to large coastal, fish-eating seabirds that includes cormorants and shags. Plumage colouration varies, with the majority having mainly dark plumage, some species being black-and-white, and a few being colourful.
  Long-tailed cormorant, Microcarbo africanus
  Great cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo
caption: Great cormorant
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