Great Cormorant The bird family Phalacrocoracidae is represented by some 40 species of cormorants and shags
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CX70WMFile size:
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4287 x 2392 px | 36.3 x 20.3 cm | 14.3 x 8 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
16 September 2012Location:
Adoor, Kerala, IndiaMore information:
There is no consistent distinction between cormorants and shags. The names "cormorant" and "shag" were originally the common names of the two species of the family found in Great Britain, Phalacrocorax carbo (now referred to by ornithologists as the Great Cormorant) and P. aristotelis (theEuropean Shag). "Shag" refers to the bird's crest, which the British forms of the Great Cormorant lack.