Name

Phalacrocorax carbo

Great cormorant

Framing

Phylum: Chordata

Subphylum: Vertebrata

Class: Aves

Order: Suliformes

Family: Phalacrocoracidae

Genus: Phalacrocorax

Species: carbo

Habitat

Terrestrial but associated with aquatic environments (lakes, marshes, rivers and coasts).

Feeding

Piscivore

Distribution

Europe, Africa, Asia, Oceania and North America

Conservation status

Not threatened

Additional information

Large bird with black plumage with a white patch at the base of the bill, during breeding also on the thigh and throat. At the base of the lower mandible there is a yellow-orange featherless area.