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Phalacrocorax carbo
The Great Cormorant is a large black bird, from 70 to 102 cm in length and 121 to 160 cm wingspan. It has a longish tail and yellow throat-patch. Adults have white thigh patches in the breeding season. In European waters it can be distinguished from the Common Shag by its larger size, heavier build, thicker bill, lack of a crest and plumage without any green tinge. Great Cormorants are mostly silent, but they make various guttural noises at their breeding colonies.
Spotted in inland water reservoir. Embalse de Santillana. Sierra de Guadarrama
Camera Model: NIKON D300. Exposure Time: 1/800 sec.; f/14; ISO Speed Rating: 400. Exposure Bias: -1 EV; Focal Length: 300.0 mm.
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