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Phalacrocorax carbo (species), “Cormorant”, “Great Black Cormorant”, “Black Cormorant”, “Large Cormorant”, “Black Shag”

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The great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo), known as the black shag in New Zealand and 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. The genus name is Latinised Ancient Greek, from φαλακρός (phalakros, "bald") and κόραξ (korax, "raven"), and carbo is Latin for "charcoal".It breeds in much of the Old World, Australia, and the Atlantic coast of North America.

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