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The names "cormorant" and "shag" were originally the common names of the two species of the family found in Great Britain – Phalacrocorax carbo (now referred to by ornithologists as the great cormorant) and Gulosus aristotelis (the European shag). "Shag" refers to the bird's crest, which the British forms of the great cormorant lack.
Pygmy cormorant: Microcarbo pygmaeus: 1 Reed cormorant: Microcarbo africanus: 2 Crowned cormorant: Microcarbo coronatus: 3 Little cormorant: Microcarbo niger: 4 Little pied cormorant: Microcarbo melanoleucos: 5 Red-legged cormorant: Poikilocarbo gaimardi: 6 Brandt's cormorant: Urile penicillatus: 7 Red-faced cormorant: Urile urile: 8 Pelagic ...
The cormorants would eventually recognise this pattern and refuse to perform the eighth dive unless the fishing line was untied, and if the reward fish was not provided it would refuse to dive altogether. [30] In Norway, the cormorant is a traditional game bird. Each year approximately 10,000 cormorants are shot to be eaten. [31]
The Australian pied cormorant (Phalacrocorax varius), also known as the pied cormorant, pied shag, or great pied cormorant, is a medium-sized member of the cormorant family. It is found around the coasts of Australasia. In New Zealand, it is usually known either as the pied shag or by its Māori name of kāruhiruhi. Older sources may refer to ...
The double-crested cormorant (Nannopterum auritum) is a member of the cormorant family of water birds. It is found near rivers and lakes and in coastal areas and is widely distributed across North America, from the Aleutian Islands in Alaska down to Florida and Mexico. Measuring 70–90 cm (28–35 in) in length, it is entirely black except for ...
Brandt's cormorant (Urile penicillatus) is a strictly marine bird of the cormorant family of seabirds that inhabits the Pacific coast of North America. It ranges, in the summer, from Alaska to the Gulf of California , but the population north of Vancouver Island migrates south during the winter.
Cormorants are medium-to-large aquatic birds, usually with mainly dark plumage and areas of colored skin on the face. The bill is long, thin, and sharply hooked. Their feet are four-toed and webbed. Three species have been recorded in Virginia. Great cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo; Double-crested cormorant, Nannopterum auritum
The neotropic cormorant or olivaceous cormorant (Nannopterum brasilianum) is a medium-sized cormorant found throughout the American tropics and subtropics, from the middle Rio Grande and the Gulf and Californian coasts of the United States south through Mexico and Central America to southern South America, where it is called by the indigenous name of biguá.