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About the great cormorant
The great cormorant is a bird in the family Phalacrocoracidae (order Suliformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”. Adults have a wingspan of about 140 cm and weigh around 2.4 kg.
What does the great cormorant sound like?
Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
From Wikipedia
The great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo), also known as just cormorant in Britain, as black shag or kawau in New Zealand, formerly also known as the great black cormorant across the Northern Hemisphere, the black cormorant in Australia, and the large cormorant in India, is a widespread member of the cormorant family of seabirds. It breeds in much of the Old World, Australasia, and the Atlantic coast of North America.
More from the family Phalacrocoracidae
Frequently asked questions
What does a great cormorant sound like?
You can hear 1 recording of the great cormorant on this page. Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
Is the great cormorant endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the great cormorant as “least concern”.
What family does the great cormorant belong to?
The great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) belongs to the family Phalacrocoracidae in the order Suliformes.
Sources & credits
- Cormorán grande (Phalacrocorax carbo) by Sonothèque ADVL – CC0 1.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q25440 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Great cormorant – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by MPF – CC BY-SA 4.0