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Great Cormorant

(Phalacrocorax carbo)


 

Sightings

Probably seen by us before, but at distances too large to distinguish them unambiguously from Little Black Cormorants. Positive identification was possible from photos of birds seen at Glenlyon Dam in southern Queensland in October 2007.

Photos

Group of three Great Cormorants (click on image for full-size display)

Lateral view of a Great Cormorant

Two distant views of an immature Great Cormorant (photos taken at a distance of 100 m in fading light around sunset)