Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
Overview
Description
The great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo), 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.1
Taxonomy
Suliformes > Phalacrocoracidae (Cormorants and Shags) > Cormorants and Anhingas
Subspecies Seen: Great Cormorant (Eurasian)
Sightings
Relevant Sightings
- 02-15-2025 - Flevoland, Netherlands (Only Sighting / Photo)
Places Seen
- Flevoland, Netherlands
Media
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