Great Cormorant

Scientific name: Phalacrocorax carbo.
Family: phalacrocoracidade.
Length: 91 cm.
Habitat: coasts, estuaries and inland waters.
Distribution: Much of Europe, Asia, eastern North America and parts of Africa and Australasia.
ID: Ave aquatic big, black-necked and long, with the chin and cheeks blancuzcos and bag gular ochre. The adult player has a white spot in the thigh and fine feathers on the head.

The Great Cormorant is the most widespread member of the family of cormorants and is also the most voluminous, with a wingspan of close to 160 cm. It's herd, like most of his relatives, and outside the breeding season, which brings in many colonies, met in small flocks. It is assiduous in large lakes, but also frequents the coasts and estuaries, is an excellent swimmer and can dive up to one minute in search of a dam. The Japanese fishermen exploited the skills of cormorant for more than a thousand years and trained and used for fishing. Especially piscivorous, but also eat invertebrates and amphibians freshwater. The breeding season varies with the abundance of food. The mating can occur in any season; male and female are cooperating to build the nest, brooding the eggs and care for the offspring. They tend to make the nest in trees with branches in the ground or in a rocky outgoing, and entry consists of four or five eggs.

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