© Evan Lipton
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
Jeremy J. Hatch, Kevin M. Brown, Geoffrey G. Hogan, and Ralph D. Morris
Version: 2.0 — Published January 1, 2000
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Groot/Witborsduiker |
| Albanian | Karabullaku i detit |
| Arabic | غاق كبير |
| Armenian | Մեծ ձկնկուլ |
| Assamese | দৈকলা |
| Asturian | Cuervu marñn grande |
| Azerbaijani | İri qarabatdaq |
| Bangla | বড় পানকৌড়ি |
| Basque | Ubarroi handia |
| Bulgarian | Голям корморан |
| Catalan | corb marí gros |
| Chinese | 鸕鷀 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 普通鸬鹚 |
| Croatian | veliki vranac |
| Czech | kormorán velký |
| Danish | Skarv |
| Dutch | Aalscholver |
| English | Great Cormorant |
| English (New Zealand) | Black Shag |
| English (Philippines) | Great Cormorant |
| English (United States) | Great Cormorant |
| Faroese | Hiplingur |
| Finnish | merimetso |
| French | Grand Cormoran |
| French (France) | Grand Cormoran |
| Galician | Corvo mariño grande |
| German | Kormoran |
| Greek | (Ευρωπαϊκός) Κορμοράνος |
| Gujarati | મોટો કાજિયો |
| Hebrew | קורמורן גדול |
| Hindi | बड़ा पनकौवा |
| Hungarian | Kárókatona |
| Icelandic | Dílaskarfur |
| Indonesian | Pecuk-padi besar |
| Italian | Cormorano |
| Japanese | カワウ |
| Kannada | ದೊಡ್ಡ ನೀರುಕಾಗೆ |
| Korean | 민물가마우지 |
| Latvian | Jūraskrauklis |
| Lithuanian | Didysis kormoranas |
| Malayalam | വലിയ നീർക്കാക്ക |
| Marathi | मोठा पाणकावळा |
| Mongolian | Тураг гогой |
| Norwegian | storskarv |
| Persian | باکلان بزرگ |
| Polish | kormoran |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Corvo-marinho-comum |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Corvo-marinho-comum |
| Punjabi (India) | ਵੱਡਾ ਜਲ ਕਾਂ |
| Romanian | Cormoran mare |
| Russian | Большой баклан |
| Serbian | Veliki vranac |
| Slovak | kormorán veľký |
| Slovenian | Kormoran |
| Spanish | Cormorán Grande |
| Spanish (Spain) | Cormorán grande |
| Swedish | storskarv |
| Telugu | పెద్ద నీటికాకి |
| Thai | นกกาน้ำใหญ่ |
| Turkish | Karabatak |
| Ukrainian | Баклан великий |
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Figure 1. Distribution of the Great Cormorant in North America.
This species also breeds widely throughout Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australasia; see text for details.
