BirdUp · Species
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carbo(Linnaeus, 1758)
Least ConcernNative
- Order
- SULIFORMES
- Family
- Phalacrocoracidae
- Genus
- Phalacrocorax
- Conservation
- Least Concern
- Commonness
- Very common
- Best seen
- Year-round
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
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
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- PAL, AU, OR, NA, AF : worldwide in temperate and tropical zones, coastal and inland, except in Western Hemisphere where north-west North Atlantic coast only.
03 · When
When to look
Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.
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05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
06 · Gallery
Plumage up close
6 photos
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