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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性	Great Cormorant	European Shag
学名	Phalacrocorax carbo	Gulosus aristotelis
目	Suliformes	Suliformes
科	Phalacrocoracidae	Phalacrocoracidae
保护状况	Least Concern	Least Concern
体长	90.0 cm (35.4 in)	—
翼展	145.0 cm (57.1 in)	52.5 cm (20.7 in)
体重	2600.0 g (91.71 oz)	1777.25 g (62.69 oz)
食性	Fish caught by diving from the surface. Pursues prey underwater using powerful feet for propulsion. …	--
产卵数	1-7	1-6
Population Trend	—	—

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Size Comparison

Body Length

Great Cormorant 90.0 cm

European Shag —

翼展

Great Cormorant 145.0 cm

European Shag 52.5 cm

体重

Great Cormorant 2600.0 g

European Shag 1777.25 g

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Habitat Comparison

共同栖息地

🏖️ Coastal

Great Cormorant only

🌿 Wetland

European Shag only

无

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

鸣唱

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.

European 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.

European Shag

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保护状况

Least Concern

Great Cormorant

Least Concern

European Shag

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How to Tell Them Apart

Great Cormorant

羽毛

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.

喙

Long, hooked, dark bill with a yellow gape

European 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.

European Shag

暗绿鸬鹚是欧洲西部特有的海洋鸟类，主要分布于大西洋沿岸和地中海。体羽光泽的深绿色，具明显的冠羽，嘴基黄色。在陡峭的岩石海岸和峭壁筑巢，以鱼类为食，善于潜水。亦称欧洲鸬鹚，与大鸬鹚在分类上近缘。

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