Great Cormorant

Phalacrocorax carbo

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia β€ΊPhylum: Chordata β€ΊClass: Aves β€ΊOrder: Suliformes β€ΊFamily: Phalacrocoracidae β€ΊGenus: Phalacrocorax

About

The great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo), known as the great black cormorant across the Northern Hemisphere, the black cormorant in Australia, the large cormorant in India and the black shag further south in New Zealand, is a widespread member of the cormorant family of seabirds. The genus name is Latinised Ancient Greek, from Ο†Ξ±Ξ»Ξ±ΞΊΟΟŒΟ‚ (phalakros, "bald") and κόραξ (korax, "raven"), and carbo is Latin for "charcoal".