Great Cormorant vs Little Black Cormorant

Phalacrocorax carbo comparado com Phalacrocorax sulcirostris

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Great Cormorant Little Black Cormorant
Nome científico Phalacrocorax carbo Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
Ordem Suliformes Suliformes
Família Phalacrocoracidae Phalacrocoracidae
Estado de conservação Least Concern Least Concern
Comprimento 90,0 cm (35.4 in)
Envergadura 145,0 cm (57.1 in) 49,8 cm (19.6 in)
Peso 2600,0 g (91.71 oz) 971,6666666666666 g (34.27 oz)
Dieta Fish caught by diving from the surface. Pursues prey underwater using powerful feet for propulsion. … --
Tamanho da postura 1-7 3-4
Population Trend
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Size Comparison

Body Length
Great Cormorant 90,0 cm
Little Black Cormorant
Envergadura
Great Cormorant 145,0 cm
Little Black Cormorant 49,8 cm
Peso
Great Cormorant 2600,0 g
Little Black Cormorant 971,6666666666666 g
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Habitat Comparison

Habitats partilhados

Great Cormorant only

Nenhum

Little Black Cormorant 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.

Little Black 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.

Little Black Cormorant

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Estado de conservação

Least Concern

Great Cormorant

Least Concern

Little Black Cormorant

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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

Little Black 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.

Little Black Cormorant

55–65 cm. All-black; glossy green-blue; bare black facial skin. Widespread across Australia, New Zealand, and Southeast Asia in freshwater and marine environments. Highly gregarious; nests colonially in trees. Feeds on fish by pursuit-diving; often seen drying wings on posts.

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