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Great Cormorant, Cormorán grande

Phalacrocorax carbo

Description:

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.

Habitat:

Spotted in inland water reservoir. Embalse de Santillana. Sierra de Guadarrama

Notes:

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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arlanda
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arlanda

Manzanares el Real, Madrid, Spain

Spotted on Feb 16, 2013
Submitted on Mar 12, 2013

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