Learn to ID: Australian Cormorants & Darter

Learn how to tell apart all five cormorant species in found in Australia, as well as the Australasian Darter.
Cheat Sheet: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ooob11...
ID Decision Tree: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/nbvhom...
Bird Calls for Practicing:
Australasian Darter: xeno-canto.org/367826
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00:00 - Start
00:29 - Overview
01:18 - Cormorant Family
02:20 - Little Pied Cormorant
02:52 - Australian Pied Cormorant
03:35 - Little Black Cormorant
04:10 - Great Cormorant
04:50 - Black-faced Cormorant
05:31 - Australasian Darter
06:45 - Where to Find Them
07:26 - Calls
08:11 - Why the Wing Spread?
09:24 - Compare & Contrast
09:37 - Size Comparison
10:09 - Trousers
11:01 - Makeup
11:42 - Immatures
12:15 - Bill Colour
12:37 - Identification Process
13:41 - Little Pied vs Black-faced
14:28 - Darter Male vs Great Cormorant
14:58 - Cheat Sheet
15:45 - Quiz
17:01 - Closing