Species profile—Phalacrocorax carbo (great cormorant)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Aves (birds) → Phalacrocoracidae (cormorants and shags) → Phalacrocorax carbo (great cormorant)
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Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Aves (birds)
- Family
- Phalacrocoracidae (cormorants and shags)
- Scientific name
- Phalacrocorax carbo (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Common name
- great cormorant
- WildNet taxon ID
- 1275
- Alternate name(s)
- black cormorant
big black cormorant
black shag - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Least concern
- Conservation significant
- No
- Wetland status
- Wetland Indicator Species
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- All 3
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Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=1275.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
