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Great Cormorant

Phalacrocorax carbo

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The Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo), known as the Great Black Cormorant across the Northern Hemisphere, the Black Cormorant in Australia, the Large Cormorant in India and the Black Shag further south in New Zealand, is a widespread member of the cormorant family of seabirds. It breeds in much of the Old World and the Atlantic coast of North America.

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nico4nicolas
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Le Grau-du-Roi, Languedoc-Roussillon, Tromelin Island

Spotted on Jan 6, 2013
Submitted on Jan 7, 2013

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