Great Cormorant vs Japanese Cormorant

Phalacrocorax carbo ile kıyaslandığında Phalacrocorax capillatus

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Özellik Great Cormorant Japanese Cormorant
Bilimsel Ad Phalacrocorax carbo Phalacrocorax capillatus
Takım Suliformes Suliformes
Familya Phalacrocoracidae Phalacrocoracidae
Koruma Durumu Least Concern Least Concern
Uzunluk 90,0 cm (35.4 in)
Kanat Açıklığı 145,0 cm (57.1 in) 62,9 cm (24.8 in)
Ağırlık 2600,0 g (91.71 oz) 2837,5 g (100.09 oz)
Beslenme Fish caught by diving from the surface. Pursues prey underwater using powerful feet for propulsion. … --
Kuluçka Büyüklüğü 1-7 4-5
Population Trend
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Size Comparison

Body Length
Great Cormorant 90,0 cm
Japanese Cormorant
Kanat Açıklığı
Great Cormorant 145,0 cm
Japanese Cormorant 62,9 cm
Ağırlık
Great Cormorant 2600,0 g
Japanese Cormorant 2837,5 g
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Habitat Comparison

Ortak Yaşam Alanları

Great Cormorant only

Japanese Cormorant only

Hiçbiri

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

Şarkı

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.

Japanese 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.

Japanese Cormorant

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Koruma Durumu

Least Concern

Great Cormorant

Least Concern

Japanese Cormorant

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How to Tell Them Apart

Great Cormorant

Tuy

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.

Gaga

Long, hooked, dark bill with a yellow gape

Japanese 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.

Japanese Cormorant

84 cm. Large; black with white facial spots and white flanks in breeding; yellow gape. Breeds on rocky coasts of Japan, Korea, and northeastern China. Resident; feeds on fish in cold Pacific waters. Trained for cormorant fishing (ukai) in Japan for centuries.

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