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Great Cormorant

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Phalacrocorax carbo

Least concern

Great Cormorant
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Overview

The great cormorant, 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.

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  1. Wikipedia (EN): Great cormorant — CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. Wikipedia (TA): பெரிய நீர்க்காகம் — CC BY-SA 4.0