Great Cormorant

Latin Name: 
Phalacrocorax carbo
Size: 
80cm
Description: 

Sexes alike. Breeding adult: black plumage with metallic blue-green sheen; white facial skin and throat; bright yellow gular pouch and white thigh patches;  silky white plumes on head and neck. Non-breeding adult: no white thigh patches; gular pouch less bright. First year young: dull brown above, white below. Aquatic. Not a gregarious species outside breeding season; usually one or two birds feeding close by; dives underwater in search of fish.

Habitat: 
jheels, lakes, mountain torrents, occasionally coastal lagoons.
Food: 
fish
Distribution: 
resident in most areas; subcontinent, up to 3,000m in the Himalaya.
Call: 
Call Description: 
usually slient.