PHALACROCORACIDAE Black Cormorant

0753 GREAT CORMORANT - phalacrocorant carbo

This is the largest of the Australian cormorants. They eat a wide variety of fish, crustaceans and insects. These it takes in underwater dives in large inland lakes and rivers, and in bays and estuaries on the coast. The Great Cormorant swims submerged for periods of up to half a minute or more, kicking with both feet together. INFORMATION FROM: Readers Digest Complete Book of Australian Birds. IMAGE BY: Hazel Hogarth TAKEN: December 2006. Maroubra NSW

0787 GREAT CORMORANT - phalacrocorant carbo