Phalacrocorax carbo, Great cormorant

Phalacrocorax carbo   (Linnaeus, 1758)

Great cormorant
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Aves | Pelecaniformes | Phalacrocoracidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Others; freshwater.  Subtropical; 76°N - 48°S, 82°W - 179°E (Ref. 124582)

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Indo-West Pacific, Mediterranean, Arctic and Atlantic. Subtropical to polar.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 101 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 8812); max. published weight: 2.5 kg (Ref. 356)

Short description Morphology

Culmen: 6.96 cm; tarsus: 7.4 cm; wing: 35.7 cm.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Total Length: 80 to 101 cm; Wingspan: 130 to 160 cm (Ref. 8812). Found on beach and shoreline (Ref. 116102). A coastal species (Ref. 356). Largely dependent on freshwater and terrestrial environments. Feeds mostly on non-fish vertebrate prey (Ref. 95711). Displays pursuit-diving behavior (Ref. 356). In the North Sea off the coasts of Scotland and northern England, is known to partially feed on the sand eel, Ammodytes marinus (Ref. 95711).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

SAUP Database. 2006. (Ref. 356)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 09 August 2018

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 4.7 - 25.5, mean 13.5 (based on 2744 cells).
Resilience (Ref. 69278): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=19.05-40.95).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): High vulnerability (61 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

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