Phalacrocorax carbo [carbo or sinensis] (Great Cormorant (Dark-breasted))

Great Cormorant (Dark-breasted)

Phalacrocorax carbo [carbo or sinensis]

Classification

Order:
  Pelecaniformes
Family:
  Phalacrocoracidae
Genus:
   null
Scientific:
  Phalacrocorax carbo [carbo or sinensis]

Original description

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Reference:

Protonym:

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
B57FBCFEC35577A3

Avibase ID:
avibase-B57FBCFE

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/B57FBCFE

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English:
Great Cormorant [Dark-breasted]
Afrikaans:
Grootduiker (Donkerbors)
Arabic:
غاق كبير (داكن الصدر)
Azerbaijani:
İri qarabatdaq (carbo/sinensis yarımnövü)
Bulgarian:
Голям корморан (ssp. carbo/sinensis)
Catalan:
Corb marí gros (carbo/sinensis)
Czech:
kormorán velký (ssp. carbo/sinensis)
Danish:
Skarv, Storskarv/Mellemskarv (ssp. carbo/sinensis)
German:
Kormoran (carbo/sinensis)
Greek:
Κορμοράνος (carbo/sinensis)
Spanish:
Cormorán Grande (carbo/sinensis)
Spanish (Spain):
Cormorán grande (carbo/sinensis)
Estonian:
atlandi kormoran/kormoran
Basque:
Ubarroi handia (carbo/sinensis)
Persian:
باکلان بزرگ (carbo/sinensis)
Finnish:
merimetso (carbo/sinensis)
French:
Grand Cormoran [à poitrine sombre]
Hebrew:
קורמורן גדול (כהה-חזה)
Croatian:
veliki vranac (tamnoprsi)
Hungarian:
Nagy kárókatona (carbo/sinensis)
Indonesian:
Pecuk-padi besar (carbo/sinensis)
Icelandic:
Dílaskarfur (carbo/sinensis)
Japanese (romaji):
kawau (carbo/sinensis)
Japanese:
カワウ（carbo／sinensis）
Nepali:
जलेवा (Dark-breasted)
Dutch:
Aalscholver (Grote aalscholver)
Norwegian:
storskarv (carbo/sinensis)
Polish:
kormoran (carbo/sinensis)
Portuguese (Portugal):
corvo-marinho-de-faces-brancas (carbo/sinensis)
Russian:
Большой баклан (carbo/sinensis)
Slovak:
kormorán veľký (tmavoprsý)
Slovenian:
Kormoran (carbo/sinensis)
Serbian:
Veliki vranac (carbo/sinensis)
Swedish:
storskarv (carbo/sinensis)
Thai:
นกกาน้ำใหญ่ (ตะวันตก)
Turkish:
Karabatak (carbo/sinensis)
Ukrainian:
Баклан великий (підвид carbo/sinensis)
Chinese:
普通鸬鹚 (carbo/sinensis)
Chinese (Traditional):
鸕鷀(carbo/sinensis)

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Great Cormorant [Dark-breasted] ( Phalacrocorax carbo [carbo or sinensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Great Cormorant [Dark-breasted] ( Phalacrocorax carbo [carbo or sinensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Great Cormorant [Dark-breasted] ( Phalacrocorax carbo [carbo or sinensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Great Cormorant [Dark-breasted] ( Phalacrocorax carbo [carbo or sinensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Great Cormorant [Dark-breasted] ( Phalacrocorax carbo [carbo or sinensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Great Cormorant [Dark-breasted] ( Phalacrocorax carbo [carbo or sinensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Great Cormorant [Dark-breasted] ( Phalacrocorax carbo [carbo or sinensis])
eBird version 2017: Great Cormorant (Dark-breasted) ( Phalacrocorax carbo carbo/sinensis)
eBird version 2018: Great Cormorant (Dark-breasted) ( Phalacrocorax carbo carbo/sinensis)
eBird version 2019: Great Cormorant (Dark-breasted) ( Phalacrocorax carbo carbo/sinensis)
eBird version 2021: Great Cormorant (Dark-breasted) ( Phalacrocorax carbo carbo/sinensis)
eBird version 2022: Great Cormorant (Dark-breasted) ( Phalacrocorax carbo carbo/sinensis)
eBird version 2023: Great Cormorant (Dark-breasted) ( Phalacrocorax carbo carbo/sinensis)
eBird version 2024: Great Cormorant (Dark-breasted) ( Phalacrocorax carbo carbo/sinensis)
eBird version 2025: Great Cormorant (Dark-breasted) ( Phalacrocorax carbo carbo/sinensis)

Taxonomic status:

Species status: color morph or aberrant plumage

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Other related concepts

Phalacrocorax carbo [carbo] (phenotype)

Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Afrikaans: Grootduiker (Donkerbors)
Arabic: غاق كبير (داكن الصدر)
Asturian: Cuervu marín grande (carbo/sinensis)
Azerbaijani: İri qarabatdaq (carbo/sinensis yarımnövü)
Bulgarian: Голям корморан (ssp. carbo/sinensis)
Catalan: Corb marí gros (carbo/sinensis)
Czech: kormorán velký (ssp. carbo/sinensis)
Danish: Skarv (Mørkbrystet), Skarv, Storskarv/Mellemskarv (ssp. carbo/sinensis)
German: Kormoran (carbo/sinensis)
Greek: Κορμοράνος (carbo/sinensis)
English: Great Cormorant (Dark-breasted), Great Cormorant [Dark-breasted]
[ENAV]: Great Cormorant (Dark-breasted)
English, HBW: Great Cormorant (Dark-breasted)
[ENHK]: Great Cormorant (carbo/sinensis)
English (IOC): Great Cormorant (Dark-breasted)
English (New Zealand): Black Shag (Dark-breasted)
English (United States): Great Cormorant (Dark-breasted)
English (South Africa): White-breasted Cormorant (Dark-breasted)
Spanish: Cormorán Grande (carbo/sinensis)
Spanish (Spain): Cormorán grande (carbo/sinensis)
Estonian: atlandi kormoran/kormoran
Basque: Ubarroi handia (carbo/sinensis)
Persian: باکلان بزرگ (carbo/sinensis)
Finnish: merimetso (carbo/sinensis)
Faroese: Norðurhiplingur/kinahiplingur
French: Grand Cormoran [à poitrine sombre], Grand Cormoran [carbo ou sinensis]
French (Guyane): Grand Cormoran (forme à poitrine sombre)
Galician: Corvo mariño grande (carbo/sinensis)
Hebrew: קורמורן גדול (כהה-חזה)
Croatian: veliki vranac (tamnoprsi)
Hungarian: Nagy kárókatona (carbo/sinensis)
Armenian: Մեծ ձկնկուլ (carbo/sinensis)
Indonesian: Pecuk-padi besar (carbo/sinensis)
Icelandic: Dílaskarfur (carbo/sinensis)
Japanese (romaji): kawau (carbo/sinensis)
Japanese: カワウ (carbo/sinensis), カワウ（carbo／sinensis）
Kazakh: Үлкен суқұзғын (Қаратөс)
Kirghiz: Чоң кара каз (Dark-breasted)
Scientific: Phalacrocorax carbo [carbo or sinensis], Phalacrocorax carbo carbo/sinensis
Nepali: जलेवा (Dark-breasted)
Dutch: Aalscholver (Grote aalscholver)
Norwegian: storskarv (carbo/sinensis)
Polish: kormoran (carbo/sinensis)
[PTAO]: Corvo-marinho-comum (carbo/sinensis)
Portuguese (Portugal): Corvo-marinho-comum (peito-preto), corvo-marinho-de-faces-brancas (carbo/sinensis)
Russian: Большой баклан (carbo/sinensis)
Slovak: kormorán veľký (tmavoprsý)
Slovenian: Kormoran (carbo/sinensis)
Albanian: Karabullaku i detit (carbo/sinensis)
Serbian: Veliki vranac (carbo/sinensis)
Swedish: storskarv (carbo/sinensis)
Thai: นกกาน้ำใหญ่ (ตะวันตก), นกกาน้ำใหญ่ (ยูเรเชีย)
Turkish: Karabatak (carbo/sinensis)
Ukrainian: Баклан великий (підвид carbo/sinensis)
Chinese: 普通鸬鹚 (carbo/sinensis)
[ZHHK]: 普通鸕鷀 (carbo/sinensis)
Chinese (Traditional): 鸕鷀(carbo/sinensis)