Great Cormorant vs Spectacled Cormorant

Phalacrocorax carbo dibandingkan dengan Urile perspicillatus

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Atribut Great Cormorant Spectacled Cormorant
Nama Ilmiah Phalacrocorax carbo Urile perspicillatus
Ordo Suliformes Suliformes
Famili Phalacrocoracidae Phalacrocoracidae
Status Konservasi Least Concern Extinct
Panjang 90,0 cm (35.4 in)
Rentang Sayap 145,0 cm (57.1 in)
Berat 2600,0 g (91.71 oz)
Diet Fish caught by diving from the surface. Pursues prey underwater using powerful feet for propulsion. … --
Ukuran Sarang 1-7 --
Population Trend
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Size Comparison

Body Length
Great Cormorant 90,0 cm
Spectacled Cormorant
Rentang Sayap
Great Cormorant 145,0 cm
Spectacled Cormorant
Berat
Great Cormorant 2600,0 g
Spectacled Cormorant
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Habitat Comparison

Habitat Bersama

Great Cormorant only

Spectacled Cormorant only

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Great Cormorant

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

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Song & Call Comparison

Great Cormorant

Kicauan

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.

Spectacled Cormorant

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Geographic Range & Migration

Great Cormorant

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

Spectacled Cormorant

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Status Konservasi

Least Concern

Great Cormorant

Extinct

Spectacled Cormorant

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How to Tell Them Apart

Great Cormorant

Bulu

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.

Paruh

Long, hooked, dark bill with a yellow gape

Spectacled Cormorant

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About These Birds

Great Cormorant

The great cormorant is one of the most widespread seabirds in the world. Unlike most waterbirds, cormorants lack fully waterproof plumage, leading to the iconic pose of standing with wings spread open to dry. In Asia, cormorants have been used by fishermen to catch fish for over a thousand years.

Spectacled Cormorant

Extinct; last recorded in 1850 on Bering Island. Very large; dark green-black with white spectacle marks. Flightless or near-flightless. Endemic to Bering Sea islands; exterminated within decades of discovery by Russian fur traders hunting for food. One of the few recently extinct cormorants.

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