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Great Cormorant

Phalacrocorax carbo

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist. — (c) miriam297, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.

United States	3,777,990
Alaska	3,540,693
Canada	59,617
Massachusetts	59,304
New York	39,556
New Jersey	33,245
Quebec	17,578
Connecticut	16,022
New Hampshire	11,805
United Kingdom	11,207

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

Tree nestingListed by a harvested source as nesting in trees.BIRDBASE avian traits database
Rock nestingListed by a harvested source as nesting on rocks or cliffs.BIRDBASE avian traits database
Platform nestingListed by a harvested source as building platform nests.BIRDBASE avian traits database
Fish eaterListed by a harvested source as primarily eating fish.BIRDBASE avian traits database

Classification

Kingdom	Animals · Animalia
Phylum	Chordates · Chordata
Class	Birds · Aves
Order	Gannets, Cormorants, and Allies · Suliformes
Family	Cormorants and Shags · Phalacrocoracidae
Genus	Typical Old World Cormorants · Phalacrocorax

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Sources

Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
Traits: BIRDBASE avian traits database (CC BY 4.0)
How much to rely on each source

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Practise Great Cormorant with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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