Great Cormorant [Phalacrocorax carbo]
Description
The Great Cormorant is a large black bird, with a long tail and yellow throat-patch. Adults have white thigh patches in the breeding season. They can be found in freshwater and marine wetlands in many parts of the world. They feed on a diet of fish caught through diving.
Taxonomy
| Phylum |
Chordates
Chordata
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|---|---|
| Class |
Birds
Aves
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| Order |
Cormorants and Shags
Suliformes
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| Family |
Cormorants and Shags
Phalacrocoracidae
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| Genus |
Cormorants
Phalacrocorax
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