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Great Cormorant

Photo: @il_tilacino · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC

Birds

Great Cormorant

Phalacrocorax carbo

Observations in the area
39
Last sighting
9 March 2026
Category
Birds
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The species

The great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo), known as the great black cormorant across the Northern Hemisphere, the black cormorant in Australia, the large cormorant in India and the black shag further south in New Zealand, is a widespread member of the cormorant family of seabirds. The genus name is Latinised Ancient Greek, from φαλακρός (phalakros, "bald") and κόραξ (korax, "raven"), and carbo is Latin for "charcoal".

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