Great Cormorant vs Double-crested Cormorant

Phalacrocorax carbo so với Nannopterum auritum

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Thuộc Tính Great Cormorant Double-crested Cormorant
Tên Khoa Học Phalacrocorax carbo Nannopterum auritum
Bộ Suliformes Suliformes
Họ Phalacrocoracidae Phalacrocoracidae
Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn Least Concern Least Concern
Chiều Dài 90,0 cm (35.4 in)
Chiều Dài Sải Cánh 145,0 cm (57.1 in)
Khối Lượng 2600,0 g (91.71 oz) 1936,0 g (68.29 oz)
Chế Độ Ăn Fish caught by diving from the surface. Pursues prey underwater using powerful feet for propulsion. … --
Số Trứng 1-7 3-4
Population Trend
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Size Comparison

Body Length
Great Cormorant 90,0 cm
Double-crested Cormorant
Chiều Dài Sải Cánh
Great Cormorant 145,0 cm
Double-crested Cormorant
Khối Lượng
Great Cormorant 2600,0 g
Double-crested Cormorant 1936,0 g
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Habitat Comparison

Môi Trường Sống Chung

Great Cormorant only

Không

Double-crested Cormorant only

Không

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

Tiếng Hót

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.

Double-crested 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.

Double-crested Cormorant

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Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn

Least Concern

Great Cormorant

Least Concern

Double-crested Cormorant

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How to Tell Them Apart

Great Cormorant

Bộ Lông

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.

Mỏ

Long, hooked, dark bill with a yellow gape

Double-crested 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.

Double-crested Cormorant

70–90 cm, wingspan 114–123 cm. Dark with two small orange ear tufts in breeding; orange-yellow facial skin. Widespread across North America and Central America. Highly adaptable; colonial nester. Controversial where it competes with commercial fisheries; feeds almost exclusively on fish.

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