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
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Adults and juveniles in a tree colony Rabat Zoo, Rabat, Morocco (ssp maroccanus)
Josep del Hoyo 7 April 2007 2 years ago 39 sec 4.4 -
Birds in a tree colony, arranging their nests and interacting Rabat Zoo, Rabat, Morocco (ssp maroccanus)
Josep del Hoyo 7 April 2007 2 years ago 42 sec 4.4 -
This bird was waiting for a meal. Flevoland Province, Netherlands (ssp sinensis)
Daniêl Jimenez 28 May 2010 5 weeks ago 35 sec 4.3 -
A juvenile flapping its wings Rabat Zoo, Rabat, Morocco (ssp maroccanus)
Josep del Hoyo 7 April 2007 2 years ago 27 sec 4.3 -
Many birds on the shore panting, facing the sun Kazinga Channel, Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda (ssp lucidus)
Josep del Hoyo 4 September 2006 3 years ago 23 sec 4.2 -
Several birds at the top of a tree Rabat Zoo, Rabat, Morocco (ssp maroccanus)
Josep del Hoyo 7 April 2007 2 years ago 32 sec 4.2
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In flight, in breeding plumage Nam Sang Wai, Yuen Long, Hong Kong
Bob Thompson 26 February 2010 21 weeks ago 4.6 -
A female bird perched on a dead tree stump The Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu, India
vasanthan.p.j 12 December 2009 32 weeks ago 4.5 -
Close-up of a bird in breeding plumage. Western Treatment Plant, Werribee, Victoria, Australia (ssp novaehollandiae)
Nick Talbot 15 December 2009 31 weeks ago 4.3 -
Cormorant dry oneself Oman
Zotyesz 18 February 2010 15 weeks ago 4.3 -
On favourite granite perch over shallow water Dublin Bay, Dublin, Dublin Region, Ireland
Brendan Marnell 7 July 2009 3 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 4 -
singing cormorant Turkey
ziva 8 February 2010 24 weeks ago 4
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Sounds of a colony Castricum, North Holland, Netherlands
(ssp carbo)
Stuart Fisher 31 May 2002 40 weeks ago 4
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