Gannets, Cormorants, and Allies
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carbo
Phalacrocoracidae Low risk
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.
Summary from Wikipedia
At a glance
Family
Phalacrocoracidae
Group
Gannets, Cormorants, and Allies
Conservation status
Low risk
Similar birds
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