AI overview
The Great Cormorant is a large water bird found across much of the Northern Hemisphere and Africa that dives underwater to catch fish. It matters because it plays an important role in aquatic ecosystems as a fish predator, though in some regions its populations have grown large enough to create conflicts with human fishing interests.
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Species
Least Concerncommon cormorant
Species
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPelecaniformes
- FamilyPhalacrocoracidae
Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater
via IUCN
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Phalacrocorax
- Award
- Bird of the Year
- Mass
- +2
Article
Group of great cormorants in Latvia 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.
Taxonomy