bird · Suliformes · Phalacrocoracidae

Great Cormorant

Phalacrocorax carbo (Linnaeus, 1758) — also called Cormorant, Long-tailed Cormorant. Occurrence records of the Great Cormorant are shared on GBIF from around 107 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all False Bay Nature Reserve (3 772 records), in 8 provinces.

IUCN: Least concernPhalacrocoracidae

107reserves with records

24 408records around them

8provinces

LCIUCN category

Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) — Photo: JJ Harrison ( https://www.jjharrison.com.au/ ) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

Reserve	Province	Records
False Bay Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	3 772
Table Mountain National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	1 938
Betty's Bay Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	1 804
Stony Point Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	1 750
Stony Point Penguin ColonyNature reserve	WC Western Cape	1 746
Rondevlei Nature ReserveProtected area	WC Western Cape	1 004
Boulders Penguin ColonyGame reserve	WC Western Cape	975
Helderberg Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	767
Marievale Bird SanctuaryGame reserve	GP Gauteng	748
Pilanesberg Private LodgeNature reserve	NW North West	526
Wilderness National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	499
Dick Dent Bird SanctuaryGame reserve	WC Western Cape	471
Macassar Dunes Conservation AreaProtected area	WC Western Cape	402
Cape Point Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	394
Lambert’s Bay Bird Island Nature ReserveGame reserve	WC Western Cape	378
West Coast National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	354
Langebaan Lagoon Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	339
Muizenberg CaveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	337
Tsitsikamma Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	EC Eastern Cape	334
Tsitsikamma National ParkNational park	EC Eastern Cape	328
Korsman ConservancyPrivate game reserve	GP Gauteng	303
Grysbok ParkNature reserve	WC Western Cape	284
Cape Recife Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	241
Zeekoevlei Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	224
Agulhas National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	200
Burman BushProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	198
St. Lucia Game ParkNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	186
Beachwood Mangrove Nature ReserveProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	185
Lion's Head Hiking TrailNature reserve	WC Western Cape	175
Steenbok Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	173
Umhlanga LagoonProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	169
Featherbed Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	151
Vredenheim Big Cats ParkWildlife sanctuary	WC Western Cape	146
Robberg Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	144
De Mond Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	137
Turtle Beaches / Coral Reefs of TongalandMarine protected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	127
False Bay ParkNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	124
Jukani Predator ParkNature reserve	WC Western Cape	110
Nahoon Estuary Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	110
Stilbaai Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	109
Dassie TrailNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	109
Tala Game Reserve entrance gateNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	107
Tala Game Reserve receptionNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	107
Harmony Flats Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	102
Diepsloot NatuurreservaatNature reserve	GP Gauteng	99
Lake Sibayi Fresh Water ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	99
Morris point / Uitkyk puntNature reserve	WC Western Cape	93
Jock's BayNature reserve	WC Western Cape	86
Midmar Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	73
George Wildlife ParkWildlife sanctuary	WC Western Cape	68
Raapenberg Bird SanctuaryGame reserve	WC Western Cape	61
Marais DamNature reserve	GP Gauteng	59
T.C. Robertson Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	58
Bronkhorstspruit Dam Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	56
Rust de Winter NatuurreservaatNature reserve	LP Limpopo	55
Rust De Winter Nature ReserveProtected area	LP Limpopo	55
Bronkies Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	55
Kosi BayNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	50
Klipplaat-PrivaatnatuurreservaatNature reserve	NW North West	46
Modderfontein ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	44

and 47 more reserves with fewer records.

By province

Western Cape: 47 reserves
KwaZulu-Natal: 23 reserves
Eastern Cape: 13 reserves
Gauteng: 12 reserves
North West: 5 reserves
Mpumalanga: 3 reserves
Limpopo: 3 reserves
Northern Cape: 1 reserve

Taxonomy

Class: Aves
Order: Suliformes
Family: Phalacrocoracidae
Scientific name: Phalacrocorax carbo
GBIF taxon: 2481890
Wikidata: Q25440

More of the Phalacrocoracidae family

Long-tailed Cormorant White-breasted Cormorant Cape Cormorant Crowned Cormorant Bank Cormorant

Source: GBIF.org occurrence records within the radius of each reserve's point; taxonomy and IUCN category from the GBIF backbone; photo from Wikimedia Commons, credit on the picture. Records near a reserve do not prove the species lives inside it.