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Great Cormorant

species of bird
Taxon taxon Q25440
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Summary

Great Cormorant is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.6% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,781 views/month, #1,162 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Bird of the Year[3]
  • Taxon rank: species[4]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[5]
  • Parent taxon: Phalacrocorax[6]
  • Taxon name: Phalacrocorax carbo[7]
  • Commons category: Phalacrocorax carbo[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Phalacrocorax carbo[9]
  • Commons gallery: Phalacrocorax carbo[10]
  • External data available at URL: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/2c04922c-82dd-4718-ab22-c9772408de9c[11]
  • Original combination: Pelecanus carbo[12]
  • Short name: P. carbo[13]
  • Taxon common name: Great Cormorant[14], Kormoran[15], Grand Cormoran[16], Cormorán grande[17], Cormorano[18], Aalscholver[19], Storskarv[20], Skarv[21], Pecuk-padi besar[22], Большой баклан[23], カワウ[24], Mulfran[25], Dílaskarfur[26], kárókatona[27]

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Identifiers

Great Cormorant's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9209[28]. Great Cormorant's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 45511373[29]. Great Cormorant's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2481890[30]. Great Cormorant's ITIS TSN is recorded as 174715[31].

Why It Matters

Great Cormorant has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 74 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

FAQs

What awards did Great Cormorant receive?

Honors received include Bird of the Year[3].

Related Entities

Burkina Faso

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . nabu.de. Retrieved . nabu.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [28] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [31] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [30] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.4. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . Gwefan Llên Natur. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.4. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-08-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Salzburgwiki id → 62484
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Salzburgwiki id: 62484, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/102088958|Kormoran (#102088958)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/3987|Salzburgwiki – Taxons]] #"
  2. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0296943-kormoran-velky
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0296943-kormoran-velky, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
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