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Phalacrocorax carbo (Linnaeus, 1758) Family: cormorants Order: Pelecaniformes print version
Great cormorant Grand Cormoran Cormorán grande Kormoran
Migration: partial

Verbreitungskarte von Phalacrocorax carbo Migrant or partial migrant in most northerly populations, but sedentary or dispersive throughout most of range; migrants frequently winter within breeding range of species. Race sinensis fairly migratory, but variable with region and year: W populations move S towards Mediterranean, wintering inland and on coast, and reaching Persian Gulf. Nominate carbo widely dispersive, wintering mainly on coasts around breeding areas, though many inland in Ireland; populations of N North America and Greenland regularly move S, reaching New Jersey and sometimes Florida. In Australia, movements essentially nomadic and dispersive, related to cycles of flooding and drought.   (del Hoyo J, Elliott A, Sargatal J (eds), 1992)


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(Last update: 26.04.04 by E.Heuel)