Great Cormorant

Phalacrocorax carbo - Grand Cormoran

Systematics

Order
:
Suliformes
Family
:
Phalacrocoracidés
Genus
:
Phalacrocorax
Species
:
carbo

Descriptor

Linnaeus, 1758

Biometrics

Size
: 100 cm
Wingspan
: 130 à 160 cm.
Weight
: 2000 à 2500 g

Longevity

20 years

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) is a species of bird in the Phalacrocoracidae family.

Subspecific information 5 subspecies

Phalacrocorax carbo carbo (ne USA and e Canada to w Europe)
Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis (c Europe to India and China)
Phalacrocorax carbo hanedae (Japan)
Phalacrocorax carbo maroccanus (nw Africa)
Phalacrocorax carbo novaehollandiae (Australia and New Zealand)

Foreign names

Grand Cormoran,
Cormorán grande,
corvo-marinho-comum,
Kormoran,
kárókatona,
Aalscholver,
Cormorano,
storskarv,
Storskarv,
kormorán veľký,
kormorán velký,
Skarv,
merimetso,
corb marí gros,
Dílaskarfur,
kormoran (zwyczajny),
jūras krauklis,
kormoran,
Большой баклан,
Pecuk-padi besar,
カワウ,
普通鸬鹚,
นกกาน้ำใหญ่,
普通鸕鷀,

Voice song and cries

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Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland ; Wetlands (inland) : Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands, Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha), Permanent Saline, Brackish or alkaline Lakes ; Marine Neritic : Pelagic, Subtidal Rock and Rocky Reefs, Subtidal Loose Rock/pebble/gravel, Subtidal Sandy, Subtidal Sandy-Mud, Macroalgal/Kelp, Seagrass (Submerged), Estuaries ; Marine Coastal/Supratidal : Coastal Brackish/Saline Lagoons/Marine Lakes