Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carbo

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>> GENERAL >>>>>

– large waterbird, size of a small goose
– diurnal migrant
– migrates in small to medium flocks in formation

>> VISUAL ID >>>>>

BIF581_MPU_I1Q6496_140224_gcormo-1-AD-BREED_nl_vlieland
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis, AD BREED
BIF0581, 24/02/2014, Vlieland, Netherlands, Mathias Putze

BIF831_MPU_I1Q6495_140224_gcormo-1-AD-BREED_nl_vlieland
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis, AD BREED
BIF0831, 24/02/2014, Vlieland, Netherlands, Mathias Putze

bif0970_mpu_i8z5983_100112_gcormo-ad_d_leipzig
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis, AD
BIF0970, 12/01/2010, Leipzig, Germany, Mathias Putze

BIF832_MPU_I1Q6949_150211_gcormo-2-AD-1-1WIN_oman_ras-al-khabbah
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis, AD BREED, 2CY
BIF0832, 11/02/2015, Ras Al Khabbah, Oman, Mathias Putze

BIF833_MPU_I1Q1971_131014_gcomro-1-AD-NONBREED_d_wermsdorf
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo ssp., AD NBREED
BIF0833, 14/10/2013, Wermsdorf, Germany, Mathias Putze


Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis, 2CY
BIF7037, 07/04/2023, Rheindelta, Austria, Mathias Putze


Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis, 2CY
BIF7038, 07/04/2023, Rheindelta, Austria, Mathias Putze

BIF834_MPU_I1Q2041_131014_gcormo-1-IM_d_wermsdorf
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo ssp., 1CY
BIF0834, 14/10/2013, Wermsdorf, Germany, Mathias Putze

BIF835_MPU_I1Q2030_131014_gcormo-3-AD-NONBREED-1-IM_d_wermsdorf
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo ssp., AD NBREED, 1CY
BIF0835, 14/10/2013, Wermsdorf, Germany, Mathias Putze

BIF836_MPU_I1Q2346_130320_gcormo-1-IM_d_hof
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo ssp., 2CY
BIF0836, 20/03/2013, Hof, Germany, Mathias Putze

BIF837_MPU_I1Q1660_131008_gcormo-FL_d_wermsdorf
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo ssp.
BIF0837, 08/10/2013, Wermsdorf, Germany, Mathias Putze

BIF838_MPU_I1Q0025_121028_gcormo-FL-AD-1WIN_d_havelland
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo ssp., AD, 1CY
BIF0838, 28/10/2012, Havelland, Germany, Mathias Putze

BIF839_MPU_I1Q0027_121028_gcormo-FL-AD-1WIN_d_havelland
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo ssp., AD, 1CY
BIF0839, 28/10/2012, Havelland, Germany, Mathias Putze

BIF840_MPU_I1Q2779_131025_gcormo-1-AD-NONBREED_d_north-sea
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo ssp., AD NBREED
BIF0840, 25/10/2013, North Sea, offshore, Germany, Mathias Putze

BIF841_MPU_I1Q7073_150212_gcormo-FL-BREED-IM_oman_masirah
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis, AD BREED, 2CY
BIF0841, 12/02/2015, Masirah, Oman, Mathias Putze

>> ACOUSTIC ID >>>>>

– usually nonvocal during migration

>> COMPARISON SPECIES >>>>>

Red-throated Loon
Black-throated Loon
Great Northern Loon
Yellow-billed Loon
European Shag
Pygmy Cormorant

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