The Indian cormorant / Indian shag (Phalacrocorax fuscicollis) is a member of the cormorant family.
Cormorants and shags are medium-to-large birds,with body weight ( 0.35–5 kilogram) and wing span (45–100 centimetres)
The majority of species have dark feathers.
The bill is long, thin and hooked.
Their feet have webbing
All species are fish-eaters, catching the prey by diving from the surface. They are excellent divers, and under water they propel themselves with their feet with help from their wings
They are seen in estuaries and mangroves but not on the open coast. They breed very locally in mixed species breeding colonies
Cormorants nest in colonies around the shore, on trees, islets or cliffs.
They are coastal rather than oceanic birds,
It is a gregarious species that can be easily distinguished from the similar sized little cormorant by its blue eye, small head with a sloping forehead and a long narrow bill ending in a hooked tip.
The Cormorant may be found in small village ponds, garden ponds as well as large freshwater bodies such as rivers and lakes and even estuaries.
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