Adult great cormorant in breeding plumage. Texel, Netherlands (2010)
The great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo), known as the black shag or kawau in New Zealand, formerly also known as the great black cormorant across the Northern Hemisphere, the black cormorant in Australia, and the large cormorant in India, is a widespread member of the cormorant family of seabirds.[2] The genus name is Latinised Ancient Greek, from φαλακρός (phalakros, "bald") and κόραξ (korax, "raven"), and carbo is Latin for "charcoal".[3]
It breeds in much of the Old World, Australia, and the Atlantic coast of North America.
^BirdLife International (2019). "Phalacrocorax carbo". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T22696792A155523636. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22696792A155523636.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.|date= / |doi= mismatch
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^Jobling, James A (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 90, 301. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
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