{"id":125815,"date":"2026-09-23T13:58:30","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T08:28:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=125815"},"modified":"2026-09-23T13:58:30","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T08:28:30","slug":"great-cormorant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/great-cormorant\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Cormorant"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Great Cormorant Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Hyderabad-born Canadian birder spotted a rare leucistic Great Cormorant at Ameenpur Lake near BHEL recently.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Great Cormorant<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>large waterbird<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and a member of the <\/span><b>cormorant family of seabirds.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scientific Name: Phalacrocorax carbo\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Great Cormorant <\/b><b>Habitat and Distribution<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are probably the <\/span><b>most widespread member of the cormorant family<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with a range that includes <\/span><b>North America, Europe, Africa, China, India, Southeast Asia, New Zealand<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Papua New Guinea and<\/span><b> Australia.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well adapted to <\/span><b>aquatic environments<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, they live in the <\/span><b>shallow waters <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">along <\/span><b>marine shorelines<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> but may inhabit <\/span><b>lakes and rivers.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Great Cormorant <\/b><b>Features<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the<\/span><b> largest member of the cormorant family,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> reaching 35-40 inches in length with a wingspan of over five feet.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Males <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are typically <\/span><b>larger <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and heavier than females.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They have <\/span><b>dark, glossy plumage, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">very<\/span><b> long necks, long, hooked bills <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>webbed feet.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They have a longish tail and a <\/span><b>yellow throat patch<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Adults have white thigh patches in the breeding season.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Their <\/span><b>powerful bills are greyish <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with white patches around its base.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They <\/span><b>employ <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">their powerful <\/span><b>webbed feet for efficient swimming<\/b> <b>and diving<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to catch a variety of prey, including fish, crabs, and, in some areas, frogs or ducklings.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Notably, the Great Cormorant has a unique <\/span><b>fishing partnership with Asian fishermen,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> who train them to catch fish while preventing them from swallowing their catch using rings around their necks.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Like other cormorants, their plumage has<\/span><b> limited waterproofing.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The birds spread their wings to dry when they leave the water after diving.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These birds typically nest in small colonies, sometimes expanding to over 2,000 pairs.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Great Cormorant <\/b><b>Conservation Status<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is classified as &#8216;<b>Least Concern<\/b>&#8216; under the IUCN Red List.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>News: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/telanganatoday.com\/rare-leucistic-great-cormorant-spotted-at-ameenpur-lake-in-hyderabad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><b>TT<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Great Cormorant is a large waterbird and a member of the cormorant family of seabirds. 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