Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Superclass Reptilia > Class Aves > Order Pelecaniformes > Family Phalacrocoracidae > Genus Phalacrocorax

Phalacrocorax carbo (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Phalacrocorax*	Brisson, 1760	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Pelecanus carbo*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym

Children

Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis (Blumenbach, 1798)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: karabullaku i deti; korb uji; vrançi i madh sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Danish: skarv sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: aalscholver sources: Cattrijsse, A. & M. Vincx. (2001). Biodiversity of the benthos and the avifauna of the Belgian coastal waters: summary of data collected between 1970 and 1998. Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs: Brussel, Belgium. 48 pp.

English: common cormorant; cormorant; great cormorant; long-tailed cormorant sources: Harrison, P. (1985). Seabirds: an identification guide. Revised edition. Christopher Helm Publisher. A & C Black: London, UK. ISBN 0-7136-3510-X. 448 pp.;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS);Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman. (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. Academic Press, London.

French: grand cormoran sources: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.

German: Kormoran sources: Jonsson, L. (1993). Vogels van Europa, Noord-Afrika en het Midden-Oosten [Birds of Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-187-6. 560 pp.

Greek: Ευρωπαϊκός Κορμοράνος sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Hebrew: קורמורן גדול sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Japanese: カワウ sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.

Lithuanian: didysis kormoranas sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: storskarv sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: storskarv sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: kormoran; Kormoran czarny sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Romanian: cormoranul mare sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: большой баклан sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Scottish Gaelic: broigheal sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: kormoran sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: cormorán grande sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: storskarv sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: karabatak sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Баклан великий; Великий баклан sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: mulfran

Literature

basis of record	van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 375-376
additional source	Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman. (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. Academic Press, London.
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additional source	Robbins, C. S. (1983). Golden field Guide to Birds of North America. Golden press. 360p.
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additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
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additional source	Cattrijsse, A. & M. Vincx. (2001). Biodiversity of the benthos and the avifauna of the Belgian coastal waters: summary of data collected between 1970 and 1998. Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs: Brussel, Belgium. 48 pp.