The Indian cormorant is found near inland waters of the Indian Subcontinent, extending west to Sindh, Pakistan, and east to Thailand and Cambodia. Its range includes Sri Lanka.
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| Indian cormorant on the lake in Kandy. Note the blue eye. |
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| In a tree near the lake in Kandy. |
It is distinguished by its blue eye, small head with a sloping forehead and long narrow bill with a hooked tip. It is brown with black on the upper plumage.
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| In a tree near a lake in Yala NP. |
I saw them in Kandy and Yala National Park, and possibly in Anuradhapura, although the cormorants I saw there may have been a different species.
They sit so low in the water, like an overloaded canoe.
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