Iyo Indian pygmy cormorant (Microcarbo niger, zvakafanana: Phalacrocorax niger) ishiri yehurongwa hweSuliformes. Rudzi urwu rweshiri dzemumvura rwakapararira muAsia, kunyanya kubva kuIndia kuenda kuSoutheast Asia uye kuchamhembe kweJava.
Iyo Indian pygmy cormorant idiki zvishoma pane Indian cormorant, haina musoro wakanongedza uye bhiri pfupi. Shiri dzemumvura dzinofura dzimwechete kana dzimwe nguva dziri mumapoka asina kusimba mumvura yepasi, kusanganisira madziva madiki, madziva makuru, hova, uye dzimwe nguva kumahombekombe.
Semamwe macormorants, inowanzoonekwa yakamhara padombo nemvura yakatambanudzwa mapapiro ayo mushure mekubuda mumvura. Muviri wese wakasviba mumwaka wekuberekesa, kunze kwemwaka wekuberekesa minhenga ine brownish uye pahuro pane kakucheneruka.
Iyo Indian pygmy cormorant inenge 50 cm kureba. Shiri iyi inowanikwa munzvimbo dzeMyanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia neIndonesia.
Iyi cormorant mhando inowanikwa muThailand. Unowanzoiona ichibhururuka nechepamusoro kana kuti shiri yakagara yakatambanudzwa mapapiro ayo mumatope emugwagwa. Mukubhururuka, Indian pygmy cormorant inoratidzika isinganzwisisike nemapapiro ayo asina kukwana, anoputika uye hukuru hwayo. Vamwe vanofunga kuti vaona mallard, asi mallards haapo muThailand, saka zvinokwanisika kuve iri diki cormorant.
