National Natural Monument
Birds
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carbo
Photo: gg_copen / CC BY-NC 4.0 / iNaturalist
A large water bird common on lakes, rivers and coasts, diving to catch fish. It nests in colonies in trees, and Unoyama in Aichi has long been known as a breeding site, which is now protected as a Natural Monument.
- Scientific name
- Phalacrocorax carbo
- Group
- Birds
- Prefectures
- Aichi
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- カワウ
- 简体中文
- 普通鸬鹚
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