Phalacrocorax carbo (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Cormorant, Great Cormorant)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPhalacrocorax carbo (Cormorant, Great Cormorant)
GenusPhalacrocorax (a genus of birds)
FamilyPHALACROCORACIDAE (cormorants and shags)
OrderPELECANIFORMES (gannets, cormorants, shags and pellicans)
ClassAVES (birds)
SuperclassTETRAPODA (a superclass of unassigneds)
PhylumCHORDATA (vertebrates)
SuperphylumDEUTEROSTOMIA (deuterostomes)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Phalacrocorax carbo (Cormorant, Great Cormorant) :
1: Phalacrocorax carbo (Cormorant, Great Cormorant)
8 Nov 2017 OSGR: SY68 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
several birds on island
Image 1: Group of Cormorants on small artificial island
2: Phalacrocorax carbo (Cormorant, Great Cormorant)
2 Jan 2015 OSGR: SZ19 50° 40’ N, 1° 40’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Perched on groyne marker
Image 1: Adult - lateral viewImage 2: Adult - perched on groyne markerImage 3: Adult - perched on groyne marker - drying wings
3: Phalacrocorax carbo (Cormorant, Great Cormorant)
2 Jan 2015 OSGR: SZ19 50° 40’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Flock, in flight
Image 1: Part of flock - in flightImage 2: Part of flock - in flight (2)Image 3: Part of flock - in flight (3)Image 4: Part of flock - in flight (4)
4: Phalacrocorax carbo (Cormorant, Great Cormorant)
31 Dec 2014 OSGR: SY66 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
In flight, over sea
Image 1: Adult - in flight
5: Phalacrocorax carbo (Cormorant, Great Cormorant)
3 Dec 2014 OSGR: SY68 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
several birds on island
Image 1: Group of Cormornats on rocky isletImage 2: Group of Cormornats on rocky islet (2)Image 3: Group of Cormornats on rocky islet - one drying its wingsImage 4: Group of Cormornats on rocky islet - one drying its wings (2)Image 5: Group of Cormornats on rocky islet - one drying its wings and preeningImage 6: Group of Cormornats on rocky islet - one drying its wings and preening (2)
6: Phalacrocorax carbo (Cormorant, Great Cormorant)
2 Dec 2014 OSGR: SU10 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
8 birds roosting in tree in flooded gravel pit
Image 1: 8 birds roosting in tree in flooded gravel pit
7: Phalacrocorax carbo (Cormorant, Great Cormorant)
31 Oct 2014 OSGR: SY67 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
drying wings
Image 1: 2 Cormorants, drying wingsImage 2: 2 Cormorants, drying wings (2)Image 3: drying wings
8: Phalacrocorax carbo (Cormorant, Great Cormorant)
31 Oct 2014 OSGR: SY67 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
swallowing fish
Image 1: 1. huntingImage 2: 2. trying to swallow fishImage 3: 3. trying to swallow fishImage 4: 4. trying to swallow fishImage 5: 5. just after swallowing fishImage 6: 6. after swallowing fishImage 7: 7. after swallowing fishImage 8: 8. after swallowing fish
9: Phalacrocorax carbo (Cormorant, Great Cormorant)
30 Jul 1971 OSGR: SX84 50° 20’ N, 3° 40’ W Vice County: South Devon (VC 3) England
Image 1: Juvenile

Phalacrocorax carbo (Cormorant, Great Cormorant) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Phalacrocorax carbo (Cormorant, Great Cormorant)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Phalacrocorax carbo (Cormorant, Great Cormorant)
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