A black bird siting on some stones in the middle of a river. It has its wings wide open.
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Storskarv

Phalacrocorax carbo

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Utbredning

Utbredningsområde

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Utbredning: iNaturalist (CC BY 4.0) · Bakgrundskarta: Natural Earth (public domain)

Snabbfakta

Grupp
Fåglar
Familj
Phalacrocoracidae
Storlek
80–100 cm (längd)
Vikt
1.8–3 kg
Föda
Fiskätare
Livslängd
10–15 år
Livsmiljö
Coasts, Estuaries, Lakes, Rivers

Om arten

The great cormorant, also known as just cormorant in Britain, as black shag or kawau in New Zealand, formerly also known as the great black cormorant across the Northern Hemisphere, the black cormorant in Australia, and the large cormorant in India, is a widespread member of the cormorant family of seabirds. It breeds in much of the Old World, Australasia, and the Atlantic coast of North America.

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