Cormorants (Phalacrocoracidae)
Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) - HBW 1, p. 344
French: Grand Cormoran
German: Kormoran
Spanish: Cormorán Grande
Other common names: Common/Large (Black) Cormorant; European Cormorant (N America); White-breasted Cormorant (lucidus)
Taxonomy: Pelecanus Carbo Linnaeus, 1758, Europe.
May form superspecies with P. capillatus. Race lucidus often considered separate species. Race novaehollandiae may be good species; alternatively replaced by further races carboides (Australia) and steadi (New Zealand area). Race hanedae may be better considered synonymous with sinensis. Six subspecies normally recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- carbo (Linnaeus, 1758) - E Canada through Greenland and Iceland to Norway and British Is.
- sinensis (Blumenbach, 1798) - C & S Europe E to India and China.
- hanedae Nagamichi Kuroda, 1925 - Japan.
- carbo (Linnaeus, 1758) - E Canada through Greenland and Iceland to Norway and British Is.
- sinensis (Blumenbach, 1798) - C & S Europe E to India and China.
- hanedae Nagamichi Kuroda, 1925 - Japan.
- maroccanus Hartert, 1906 - NW Africa.
- lucidus (Lichtenstein, 1823) - coastal W & S Africa, inland E Africa.
- novaehollandiae Stephens, 1826 - Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Chatham Is.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A juvenile flapping its wings Locality Rabat Zoo, Rabat, Rabat-Salé-Zemmour-Zaer Region, Morocco (ssp maroccanus)
Josep del Hoyo 7 April 2007 4 years ago 27 sec 4.7 -
Adult drying wings and preening. Locality Belconnen, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Stephen Wallace 9 December 2011 22 weeks ago 1 min 25 sec 4.5 -
Birds in a tree colony, arranging their nests and interacting Locality Rabat Zoo, Rabat, Rabat-Salé-Zemmour-Zaer Region, Morocco (ssp maroccanus)
Josep del Hoyo 7 April 2007 4 years ago 42 sec 4.4 -
Many birds on the shore panting, facing the sun Locality Kazinga Channel, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda (ssp lucidus)
Josep del Hoyo 4 September 2006 5 years ago 23 sec 4.2 -
Several birds at the top of a tree Locality Rabat Zoo, Rabat, Rabat-Salé-Zemmour-Zaer Region, Morocco (ssp maroccanus)
Josep del Hoyo 7 April 2007 4 years ago 32 sec 4.2 -
Who has the best place in the sun , cormorant or turtle. Locality Rieselfelder Münster, Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (ssp sinensis)
Christian Wiesmann 20 August 2011 39 weeks ago 1 min 35 sec 4.1
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In flight, in breeding plumage
Locality Nam Sang Wai, Yuen Long, Hong Kong (ssp sinensis)
Bob Thompson 26 February 2010 2 years ago 4.5 -
In winterplumage
Locality Alphen, South Holland Province, Netherlands
Peter van Zoest 3 January 2010 16 weeks ago 4.4 -
Thanks...
Locality Muğla Province, Turkey (ssp sinensis)
Ogun Caglayan Turkay 27 November 2010 39 weeks ago 4.3 -
Fishing at Doha habour.
Locality Doha, Qatar (ssp sinensis)
John A Thompson 25 January 2009 1 year ago 4.3 -
singing cormorant
Locality Turkey (ssp sinensis)
ziva 8 February 2010 2 years ago 4.3 -
Close-up of a bird in breeding plumage.
Locality Western Treatment Plant, Werribee, Victoria, Australia (ssp novaehollandiae)
Nick Talbot 15 December 2009 2 years ago 4.3
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Sounds of a colony Locality Castricum, North Holland Province, Netherlands
Stuart Fisher 31 May 2002 2 years ago 4
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