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Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carbo(Linnaeus, 1758)
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- Order
- SULIFORMES
- Family
- Phalacrocoracidae
- Genus
- Phalacrocorax
At a glance
The Great Cormorant is a very large bird, about 80–85 cm long, listed as Least Concern and native to Australia. It can be seen year-round.
- Size
- 80–85 cm
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
- Origin
- Native
- Best seen
- Year-round
- Commonness
- Very common
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
What does a Great Cormorant look like?
The Great Cormorant is a very large bird, about 80–85 cm long and weighing 1200–3600 g.
The great cormorant, also known as just cormorant in Britain, as black shag or kawau in New Zealand, formerly also known as the great black cormorant across the Northern Hemisphere, the black cormorant in Australia, and the large cormorant in India, is a widespread member of the cormorant family of seabirds. It breeds in much of the Old World, Australasia, and the Atlantic coast of North America.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
03 · When
When to look
When can you see a Great Cormorant?
The Great Cormorant is present across its Australian range year-round, so it can be seen in any month.
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05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
What does a Great Cormorant eat?
The Great Cormorant feeds on fish/invertebrates and fish/invertebrates, usually foraging alone.
06 · Gallery
Plumage up close
6 photos
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