Great Cormorant vs Crozet Shag

Phalacrocorax carbo comparado com Leucocarbo melanogenis

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Great Cormorant Crozet Shag
Nome científico Phalacrocorax carbo Leucocarbo melanogenis
Ordem Suliformes Suliformes
Família Phalacrocoracidae Phalacrocoracidae
Estado de conservação Least Concern Not Evaluated
Comprimento 90,0 cm (35.4 in)
Envergadura 145,0 cm (57.1 in)
Peso 2600,0 g (91.71 oz) 2166,6666666666665 g (76.43 oz)
Dieta Fish caught by diving from the surface. Pursues prey underwater using powerful feet for propulsion. … --
Tamanho da postura 1-7 1-5
Population Trend
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Size Comparison

Body Length
Great Cormorant 90,0 cm
Crozet Shag
Envergadura
Great Cormorant 145,0 cm
Crozet Shag
Peso
Great Cormorant 2600,0 g
Crozet Shag 2166,6666666666665 g
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Habitat Comparison

Habitats partilhados

Great Cormorant only

Crozet Shag only

Nenhum

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

Canto

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.

Crozet Shag

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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.

Crozet Shag

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Estado de conservação

Least Concern

Great Cormorant

Not Evaluated

Crozet Shag

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How to Tell Them Apart

Great Cormorant

Plumagem

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.

Bico

Long, hooked, dark bill with a yellow gape

Crozet Shag

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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.

Crozet Shag

63 cm. Black above; white below; orange-yellow caruncles; blue eye-ring. Endemic to Crozet Islands, southern Indian Ocean. Vulnerable with small total population. Feeds on fish and invertebrates in cold Crozet Island waters. Colonial nester on coastal cliffs.

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