Kormoran vs Brandt's Cormorant

Phalacrocorax carbo verglichen mit Urile penicillatus

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Kormoran Brandt's Cormorant
Wissenschaftlicher Name Phalacrocorax carbo Urile penicillatus
Ordnung Suliformes Suliformes
Familie Phalacrocoracidae Phalacrocoracidae
Erhaltungsstatus Least Concern Least Concern
Länge 90,0 cm (35.4 in)
Flügelspannweite 145,0 cm (57.1 in) 56,1 cm (22.1 in)
Gewicht 2600,0 g (91.71 oz) 2280,1666666666665 g (80.43 oz)
Ernährung Fish caught by diving from the surface. Pursues prey underwater using powerful feet for propulsion. … --
Gelegegröße 1-7 1-6
Population Trend
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Size Comparison

Body Length
Kormoran 90,0 cm
Brandt's Cormorant
Flügelspannweite
Kormoran 145,0 cm
Brandt's Cormorant 56,1 cm
Gewicht
Kormoran 2600,0 g
Brandt's Cormorant 2280,1666666666665 g
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Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

Kormoran only

Brandt's Cormorant only

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Kormoran

Coasts, estuaries, lakes, rivers, and reservoirs. Nests in colonies in trees, on cliffs, or on the ground.

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Song & Call Comparison

Kormoran

Gesang

Deep, guttural grunts and 'karrr' calls at colonies. Bill-clicking and hissing in threat displays. Silent at sea. Colonial noise can be deafening during the breeding season.

Brandt's Cormorant

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Geographic Range & Migration

Kormoran

Very wide range across Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australasia. One of the most widespread cormorant species.

Brandt's Cormorant

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Erhaltungsstatus

Least Concern

Kormoran

Least Concern

Brandt's Cormorant

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How to Tell Them Apart

Kormoran

Gefieder

All black with a bronze-green gloss. White throat patch and white thigh patches in breeding season. Yellow-orange face patch around the bill base.

Schnabel

Long, hooked, dark bill with a yellow gape

Brandt's Cormorant

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About These Birds

Kormoran

Der Kormoran ist einer der am weitesten verbreiteten Seevögel der Welt. Anders als die meisten Wasservögel besitzt der Kormoran kein vollständig wasserabweisendes Gefieder, was zu seiner typischen Haltung mit ausgebreiteten Flügeln zum Trocknen führt. In Asien setzen Fischer Kormorane seit über tausend Jahren zum Fischfang ein.

Brandt's Cormorant

84–89 cm. Large; glossy dark green with blue throat pouch; white face plumes in breeding. Breeds along Pacific coast of North America from Alaska to Baja California. Feeds on fish in kelp beds and rocky shores; plunge-dives and pursues fish underwater. Colonial rooster on sea cliffs.

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