Phalacrocorax carbo

1 Great Cormorant at Dunlop, ACT

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Identification history

Phalacrocorax carbo	30 May 2025	Amata
Phalacrocorax carbo	30 May 2025	SandraH
Unverified	30 May 2025	Jennybach

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this bird took off rapidly from Fassifern Pond as soon as i appeared, with amazing lift and momentum, so I just took a few wild snaps hoping to get a good one. Although the appearance and colour varies all photos are of the same bird which in the main pic seems it could be a pied cormorant although i had the impression of a larger bird (probably black and white), the strong winter light combined with the glare from the water may have caused the apparent colour variations,

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Location information

Coordinates 149.010091 -35.197689
Places Dunlop, ACT

Sighting information

1 Abundance
30 May 2025 12:08 PM Recorded on
Jennybach Recorded by
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Jennybach NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Colonial nesters (Herons, Cormorants, etc) Water birds Birds

Species information

Phalacrocorax carbo Scientific name
Great Cormorant Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 852.3m Recorded at altitude
292 images trained Machine learning

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Images or audio
More than one media file
Verified by an expert moderator
Nearby sighting(s) of same species
GPS evidence of location
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Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

Northern Territory

Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

Tasmania