One of the 13 cormorants on WAnimals
Birds · Suliformes · Phalacrocoracidae
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carbo
Least Concern
The species is abundant and widely distributed; it faces no significant short-term risk.
In Japan and China it has traditionally been trained by fishermen to catch fish while a ring around its neck stops it swallowing them, a centuries-old practice known as "ukai". It incubates its eggs using its own webbed feet.
Weight
2.2 kg – 4 kg
Size
84 cm – 1 m
Life expectancy
12 years
