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 5 years ago 27 sec 4.8 -
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 5 years ago 42 sec 4.6 -
An individual diving several times and finally fishing and eating a prey. Then flying away. Locality Waikanae Estuary, Waikanae, North Island, New Zealand (ssp novaehollandiae)
Josep del Hoyo 9 February 2013 6 weeks ago 1 min 40 sec 4.5 -
Adult drying wings and preening. Locality Belconnen, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Stephen Wallace 9 December 2011 1 year ago 1 min 25 sec 4.5 -
Different views of individuals and pairs, in the nest sites Locality Lambert's Bay, Western Cape Province, South Africa (ssp lucidus)
Helmut Schenkel Brunner 31 July 2003 5 years ago 39 sec 4.5 -
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 6 years ago 23 sec 4.4
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In flight, in breeding plumage
Locality Nam Sang Wai, Yuen Long, Hong Kong (ssp sinensis)
Bob Thompson 26 February 2010 3 years ago 4.5 -
Fishing Cormorant
Locality La Cañada, Ávila, Castile and Leon, Spain
juan 17 November 2012 24 weeks ago 4.5 -
In winterplumage
Locality Alphen, South Holland Province, Netherlands
Peter van Zoest 3 January 2010 1 year ago 4.3 -
Cormorán grande (Phalacrocorax carbo) sobrevolando la Pasarela que une el Parque del Alamillo con el de San Jerónimo
Locality Alamillo Park, Sevilla City, Sevilla, Andalucia, Spain
Miguel Ángel Cuéllar Carr... 2 December 2012 18 weeks ago 4.3 -
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Locality Muğla Province, Turkey (ssp sinensis)
Ogun Caglayan Turkay 27 November 2010 1 year ago 4.2 -
An oil damaged Great Cormorant. Most of the oil is on the chest and belly. If it won't suffer poisoning and death from ingests d
Locality Ystad, Skane County, Sweden
Jonn Leffmann 12 August 2009 3 years ago 4.1
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Calls by several birds. Locality San Diego Zoo, San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA (United States)
(ssp lucidus)
Josep del Hoyo 19 June 2012 34 weeks ago 4 -
Sounds of a colony Locality Castricum, North Holland Province, Netherlands
Stuart Fisher 31 May 2002 3 years ago 4 -
Voices of a group of birds. Locality London, England, Great Britain
Theo Mamais 7 June 2012 27 weeks ago 2
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