Great cormorant
| Great cormorant | |
|---|---|
| Nominate P. c. carbo, Northumberland, UK | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Suliformes |
| Family: | Phalacrocoracidae |
| Genus: | Phalacrocorax |
| Species: | P. carbo |
| Binomial name | |
| Phalacrocorax carbo | |
| Range of P. carbo Breeding Resident Passage Non-breeding | |
| Synonyms | |
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Pelecanus carbo Linnaeus, 1758 | |
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.