Great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo),बड़ा पनकौवा,महा जलकाक

Great cormorant 
(Phalacrocorax carbo),
बड़ा पनकौवा,महा जलकाक
Saryuwetland
Ayodhya
Uttar Pradesh
January 2020
Nikon Gears

This also known as the black shag in New Zealand and 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.The genus name is Latinised Ancient Greek, from φαλακρός (phalakros, "bald") and κόραξ (korax, "raven"), and carbo is Latin for "charcoal".

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