Great Cormorant / Phalacrocorax carbo
| Great Cormorant bird information | Values |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | LC - Least concern |
| Synonyms | Cormorant, Common cormorant, Black Cormorant, Great Cormorant [incl. maroccanus] |
| Old latin name for bird | Pelecanus carbo |
| Order | Gannets and relatives / Suliformes |
| Family | Cormorants, Shags / Phalacrocoracidae |
| Genus | Phalacrocorax |
| Breeding region | Africa, Australasia, Eurasia, North America, Oriental Region |
| Breeding subregion | worldwide in temperate and tropical zones, coastal and inland, except only nw coast of Africa and in West Hemisphere nw North Atlantic coast only |
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Related species
Australian Pied Cormorant
Socotra Cormorant
Pitt Shag
Little Black Cormorant
Spotted Shag
Indian Cormorant
White-breasted Cormorant
Japanese Cormorant
Bank Cormorant
Where to see Great Cormorant
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- Andorra
- Armenia
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Bermuda
- Bhutan
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Brunei
- Bulgaria
- Cambodia
- Canada
- China
- Christmas Island
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Egypt
- Estonia
- Faroe Islands
- Finland
- France
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Germany
- Gibraltar
- Greece
- Greenland
- Guernsey
- Guinea-Bissau
- Holy See
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Isle of Man
- Israel
- Italy
- Japan
- Jersey
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Libya
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macao
- Malaysia
- Malta
- Mauritania
- Micronesia (Federated States of)
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Myanmar
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- New Caledonia
- New Zealand
- Norfolk Island
- North Korea
- North Macedonia
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Palestine, State of
- Papua New Guinea
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Qatar
- Romania
- Russia
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Solomon Islands
- South Korea
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Svalbard and Jan Mayen
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syria
- Taiwan
- Tajikistan
- Thailand
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- United States of America
- Uzbekistan
- Vietnam
- Western Sahara
- Yemen
- Åland Islands
Great Cormorant subspecies (5)
| Subspecies | Breeding subregion | Nonbreeding subregion | Extinct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phalacrocorax carbo carbo | coastal North Atlantic: w Greenland, w Europe and e Canada to Maine (ne USA, w North Atlantic) | to Iberian Pen. (ec North Atlantic) and Delaware (wc North Atlantic) | No |
| Phalacrocorax carbo hanedae | coastal and inland Japan: Hokkaido to Kyushu (n to s Japan) | - | No |
| Phalacrocorax carbo maroccanus | coastal nw Africa: Morocco to Mauretania | - | No |
| Phalacrocorax carbo novaehollandiae | inland and coastal Australasia: Australia, North, South, Stewart and Chatham is. (e of South I.; New Zealand), Rennell (s Solomon Is.) and Grande Terre (New Caledonia) | to Trans-Fly (sc New Guinea) | No |
| Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis | inland c Europe to n, s, India and Sri Lanka to ne Russia, ne China and Korean Pen., s to Turkey, c Asia and n Mongolia; disjunctly sc Cambodia and s Vietnam, ne Borneo | - | No |
Translation
| Language | Translation |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Witborsduiker |
| Albanian | Karabullaku i detit |
| Arabic | غاق كبير, الغاق الكبير |
| Armenian | Մեծ Ձկնկուլ |
| Azerbaijani | Böyük qarabatdaq |
| Basque | Ubarroi handi |
| Belarusian | Вялiкi баклан, Вялікі баклан |
| Bengali | বড় পানকৌড়ি |
| Breton | Morvran vras, Ar vorvran bras |
| Bulgarian | Обикновен корморан, Голям корморан |
| Catalan | corb marí gros |
| Chinese | 黑鱼郎, 鸬鹚, 鱼鹰, 普通鸬鹚, 鱼老鸹, 墨鸦, 水老鸹, 乌鬼, 海鹈, 鷧, 水老鸦 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 水老鴰, 黑魚郎, 鸕鶿, 墨鴉, 普通鸕鶿, 魚鷹, 水老鴉, 鷧, 烏鬼, 海鵜, 普通鸕鷀, 魚老鴰 |
| Cornish | Morvran |
| Croatian | veliki vranac |
| Czech | kormorán velký |
| Danish | Skarv |
| Dutch | Aalscholver |
| Esperanto | Granda kormorano |
| Estonian | kormoran e. karbas, Kormoran |
| Faroese | Hiplingur |
| Finnish | merimetso |
| French | Grand Cormoran, Grand Cormoran [incl. maroccanus] |
| Frisian | Ielgoes, Ielguos |
| Galician | Corvo mariño real, Corvo mariño grande |
| Georgian | დიდი ჩვამა |
| German | Kormoran |
| Greek | (Ευρωπαϊκός) Κορμοράνος, Κoρμoράvoς |
| Hebrew | קורמורן גדול |
| Hungarian | kárókatona |
| Icelandic | Dílaskarfur |
| Indonesian | Burung Pecuk-padi Besar, Pecuk-padi besar, Pecukpadi Besar |
| Irish | Broigheall |
| Italian | Cormorano |
| Japanese | カワウ |
| Kazakh | Үлкен сулқүзғыны |
| Korean | 민물가마우지 |
| Latvian | jūras krauklis, jūras krauklis, ūdenis |
| Lithuanian | didysis kormoranas |
| Luxembourgish | Kormoran |
| Macedonian | голем корморан, Голем корморан |
| Malay | Burung Pependang Air |
| Malayalam | വലിയ നീർക്കാക്ക |
| Maltese | Margun |
| Manx | Scarroo, Shag |
| Maori | kawau |
| Mongolian | Тураг гогой, Хар галуу |
| Nepali | जलेवा |
| Northern Sami | Skárfa |
| Norwegian | storskarv, Storskarv |
| Persian | باکلان بزرگ, باکلان (قرهقار) بزرگ, باکلان بزرگ, باکلان (قره غاز) بزرگ |
| Polish | kormoran, kormoran (zwyczajny) |
| Portuguese | corvo-marinho, corvo-marinho-de-faces-brancas, corvo-marinho-comum |
| Romanian | Cormoran mare |
| Romansh | Cormoran grond |
| Russian | Большой баклан, Баклан большой |
| Serbian | veliki kormoran, Veliki vranac |
| Slovak | kormorán veľký |
| Slovenian | veliki kormoran, kormoran |
| Spanish | Cormorán grande |
| Swedish | storskarv |
| Tamil | Peria Neer Kagam |
| Thai | นกกาน้ำใหญ่ |
| Turkish | Үлкен суқұзғын, Karabatak |
| Ukrainian | баклан великий |
| Vietnamese | Chim Cốc đế |
| Welsh | Mulfran |