#0541 · 🐦 birds

Great Cormorant

🇳🇱 Aalscholver ·Phalacrocorax carbo

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

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what is it?

The great cormorant ( Phalacrocorax carbo ), known as the great black cormorant across the Northern Hemisphere, the black cormorant in Australia, the large cormorant in India and the black shag further south in New Zealand, is a widespread member of the cormorant family of seabirds. The genus name is Latinised Ancient Greek, from φαλακρός ( phalakros , "bald") and κόραξ ( korax , "raven"), and carbo is Latin for "charcoal".

base stats

NL sightings 4,303iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 180,080iNaturalist observations
weight 2.4 kgadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

Spotted 4,303 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #10 most seen of the birds in NL.
180,080 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs up to about 2.4 kg.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).