The great cormorant, scientifically named Phalacrocorax carbo, is a bird that lives all over the world except South America and Antarctica.

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It is a bird belonging to the Phalacrocoracidae family and the Suliformes order.

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He is recognizable by his black body with brown reflections on the wings and gray-white on the head and belly. Its beak is white. Its legs are black.  

In the great cormorant, it is impossible to recognize the female from the male.

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It feeds mainly on small fish and aquatic invertebrates.

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The great cormorant mainly inhabits wetlands (marshes, lakes, sea).

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It nests in colonies, either on the ground or at the top of a tree. It lays between 3 and 4 eggs.

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It is a very silent species.

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On the IUCN conservation status it is: LC Least concern.