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forms and saltpans in the Benguela upwelling ecosystem, Plastic debris was present in 26% of White-breasted
the species often nests on the ‘ground’. White-breasted Cormorant nests sampled in South Africa (Tavares et al.
Cormorants may be killed by avian cholera Pasteurella 2001), posing a significant risk of entanglement for chicks
multocida (Crawford 2005) and other avian diseases. (BMD unpubl.).

White-breasted Cormorants on rocks (photo L Upfold) White-breasted Cormorants on nests at Dyer Island, November
2017, with Cape Cormorants behind (photo RJM Crawford)

White-breasted Cormorants on a beach (photo M van Onselen)
A White-breasted Cormorant at Dyer Island, December 2012
(photo RJM Crawford)

White-breasted Cormorants breeding on the wreck of the Jahleel
near Hondeklip Bay, 2018 (photo RJM Crawford)

A White-breasted Cormorant at Lake Sibayi, 2021 (photo RJM
Crawford) White-breasted Cormorants at a nest (photo RJM Crawford)

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