22/08/2026
The great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo), also known as just cormorant in Britain, as black s**g or kawau in New Zealand, formerly also known as the great black cormorant across the Northern Hemisphere, the black cormorant in Australia, and the large cormorant in India, is a widespread member of the cormorant family of seabirds.[2] It breeds in much of the Old World, Australasia, and the Atlantic coast of North America.