Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Groot/Witborsduiker |
| Albanian | Karabullaku i detit |
| Arabic | غاق كبير |
| Armenian | Մեծ ձկնկուլ |
| Assamese | দৈকলা |
| Asturian | Cuervu marñn grande |
| Azerbaijani | İri qarabatdaq |
| Bangla | বড় পানকৌড়ি |
| Basque | Ubarroi handia |
| Bulgarian | Голям корморан |
| Catalan | corb marí gros |
| Chinese | 鸕鷀 |
| Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China) | 普通鸕鷀 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 普通鸬鹚 |
| Croatian | veliki vranac |
| Czech | kormorán velký |
| Danish | Skarv |
| Dutch | Aalscholver |
| English | Great Cormorant |
| English (New Zealand) | Black Shag |
| English (Philippines) | Great Cormorant |
| English (United States) | Great Cormorant |
| Faroese | Hiplingur |
| Finnish | merimetso |
| French | Grand Cormoran |
| French (France) | Grand Cormoran |
| Galician | Corvo mariño grande |
| German | Kormoran |
| Greek | (Ευρωπαϊκός) Κορμοράνος |
| Gujarati | મોટો કાજિયો |
| Hebrew | קורמורן גדול |
| Hindi | बड़ा पनकौवा |
| Hungarian | Nagy kárókatona |
| Icelandic | Dílaskarfur |
| Indonesian | Pecuk-padi besar |
| Italian | Cormorano |
| Japanese | カワウ |
| Kannada | ದೊಡ್ಡ ನೀರುಕಾಗೆ |
| Korean | 민물가마우지 |
| Latvian | Jūraskrauklis |
| Lithuanian | Didysis kormoranas |
| Malayalam | വലിയ നീർക്കാക്ക |
| Marathi | मोठा पाणकावळा |
| Mongolian | Тураг гогой |
| Norwegian | storskarv |
| Persian | باکلان بزرگ |
| Polish | kormoran |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Corvo-marinho-comum |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Corvo-marinho-comum |
| Punjabi (India) | ਵੱਡਾ ਜਲ ਕਾਂ |
| Romanian | Cormoran mare |
| Russian | Большой баклан |
| Serbian | Veliki vranac |
| Slovak | kormorán veľký |
| Slovenian | Kormoran |
| Spanish | Cormorán Grande |
| Spanish (Spain) | Cormorán grande |
| Swedish | storskarv |
| Telugu | పెద్ద నీటికాకి |
| Thai | นกกาน้ำใหญ่ |
| Turkish | Karabatak |
| Ukrainian | Баклан великий |
Phalacrocorax carbo (Linnaeus, 1758)
PROTONYM:
Pelecanus Carbo
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.133.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Europe; restricted to the 'rock-nesting form of the north Atlantic Ocean' by Hartert, 1920, Vogel Pal. Fauna, p. 1387.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- PHALACROCORAX
- phalacrocorax
- carbo
- Carbo
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Scientific name definitions
Jeremy J. Hatch, Kevin M. Brown, Geoffrey G. Hogan, Ralph D. Morris, Jaume Orta, Ernest Garcia, Francesc Jutglar, Guy M. Kirwan, and Peter F. D. Boesman
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Photos from this Account
© Василий Калиниченко
Breeding adult (North Atlantic)
Large, chunky waterbird with a long tail and neck. Breeding birds are dark overall with white patches on the flanks and the throat.
© Evan Lipton
Breeding adult (Eurasian)
© Natthaphat Chotjuckdikul
Adult (White-breasted)
© Peter Lewis
Juvenile (North Atlantic)
Large, chunky waterbird with a long tail and neck. Juveniles have a pale neck and a white belly.
© Evan Lipton
Breeding adult (North Atlantic)
Breeding birds have white flank patches that are most easily seen in flight.
© Keenan Yakola
Juvenile (North Atlantic)
Large, chunky waterbird with a big head, hefty bill, and long tail. Juveniles are dark above with a small white throat patch.
© Evan Lipton
Immature (White-breasted)
© Andrew Spencer
Adult (White-breasted)
© Tom Heijnen
Adult (White-breasted)
© Kalin Ocaña
Great Cormorant, breeding plumage; Nova Scotia, August
Definitive Alternate plumage
Adult Great Cormorant, non-breeding plumage; New Jersey, December.
Basic plumage; photographer Brian L. Sullivan
Adult Great Cormorant, breeding plumage; Maine, June.
Great Spoon Island, Maine. Definitive Alternate plumage. ; photographer Jessica Dezendorf
two flying adults in breeding plumage
© Fran Trabalon
adult bird standing on the ground
© chris johnson
© Eduardo Tejeda
© Ragoo Rao
Great Cormorant clutch, Labrador.
Nachvak, Labrador. 23 June.; photographer Rene Corado
© raniero massoli novelli
Macaulay Library Photos for Great Cormorant
Top-rated photos submitted to the Macaulay Library via eBird. Note: Our content editors have not confirmed the species identification for these photos.
