Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo [Linnaeus, 1758] |
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Order:
Pelecaniformes
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Family: Phalacrocoracidae |
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BTO Codes:
CA, CORMO
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EURING No: 720 | |
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Number in Britain:
8400 pairs (Summer)
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Conservation Status:
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Status in UK:
(A) Migrant/Resident Breeder, Passage/Winter Visitor
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Subspecies:
carbo (RB), sinensis (RW) recorded in Britain (of 7 subsp. in the world)
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Length:
90 cm
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Wingspan: 145 cm |
Weight:
M: 2.5 kg F: 2.1 kg
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Scientific name from:
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Gr.: phalakros=bald + korax=the raven and L.: carbo=charcoal |
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World Distribution:
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BREEDS: n&w Europe, local in s Eurasia, Australasia & ne North America, WINTERS: also n Africa, S Asia & south to se US |
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Habitat:
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Larger lakes and coastal |
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Diet:
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Fish, mostly by diving from surface |
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TitBit:
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Their plumage is not waterproof, so they often stand on rocks, wings out-stretched to dry off after fishing. |
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Population and Distribution |
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British Population Size:
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Summer:
8355 pairs
in 1998-02
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Winter:
35 thousand individuals
in 2004-09
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First Record:
Recorded in Medieval times
[Fossil evidence from
Middle Pleistocene, c. 500,000 yr ago]
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Latest Survey:
Mitchell, P.I. et al. (2004) Seabird populations of Britain and Ireland Poyser, London
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Conservation Status:
GREEN
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Previous Assessments:
2002-2007
AMBER
1996-2001
GREEN
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| Races of Concern: carbo AMBER (Important Population), sinensis AMBER (Rare or Localised) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Habitat Occupancy (in the Breeding Season):
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European Population Size:
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Summer:
275 to 310 thousand pairs
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Listed on the Appendices/Schedules of:
Bern(III)
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Egg Size:
66 x 41 mm
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Egg Weight: 58.0 g (of which 11 % is shell) | ||
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Number of Nest Records:
73
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Clutch Size:
3 - 4 eggs
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Incubation:
28- 31 days
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by the: Male + Female |
Fledging:
48 - 52days
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Altricial, naked
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First Clutches Laid:
Unavailable
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Number of Broods:
1
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Number Ringed:
Annual Totals
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Adult Survival:
0.880
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Juvenile Survival:
0.580 (in First-Year)
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Age at First Breeding:
3
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Typical Lifespan:
11
years
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Maximum Recorded Age:
23 years 6 months 28 days (set in 1992)
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Biometrics |
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Ring Size:
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Wing Length
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Other Names |
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| Great Cormorant | |
| Gaelic: Sgarbh | Welsh: Mulfran |
| Danish: Skarv | Dutch: Aalscholver |
| Finnish: Merimetso | French: Grand Cormoran |
| German: Kormoran | Hungarian: Kárókatona |
| Icelandic: Dílaskarfur | Irish: Broigheall |
| Italian: Marangone | Norwegian: Storskarv |
| Polish: Kormoran zwyczajny | Portuguese: Corvo-marinho-de-faces-brancas |
| Spanish: Cormorán grande | Swedish: Storskarv |
| Local Names:Scart | |
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For More Information... |
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Books and Monographs:
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| Johnsgard, P. 1993 Cormorants, darters and pelicans of the world Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington [598.45 JON] | |
| Nelson, J.B. 2005 Pelicans, Cormorants and their allies Oxford University Press [598.45 NEL] | |
| See Also: | |
Find scientific papers on  Google Scholar
or  Scirus by clicking the icon
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| Wikipedia entry | |
| BirdLife species page | |
| Recent sightings and information from BirdGuides | |
| All About Birds (from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology) | |
| Details from the Patuxent Bird Identification Infocenter | |
| Read State of the Nations Birds by Chris Mead | |
| BOU Register of Avian Theses entry | |
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