Great cormorant
Phalacrocorax carbo
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Birdcarnivore
The great cormorant is a sleek, dark seabird found across many parts of the world, from Europe to Australia and North America. It's a skilled diver, using its webbed feet to chase fish underwater. People in different places know it by various names, like black shag in New Zealand or simply cormorant in Britain.
- Dives underwater to catch fish with its hooked beak.
- Found on coastlines and inland waters across multiple continents.
- Known as 'kawau' in New Zealand's Māori language.
OceanFreshwaterWetlandEuropeAsiaAustralia
Read more on WikipediaAt a glance
- Classification
- Bird
- Scientific name
- Phalacrocorax carbo
- Habitat
- Ocean, Freshwater, Wetland
- Regions in this directory
- Europe, Asia, Australia
- Diet
- carnivore
- Relative size
- large
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern (LC)
