Appearance:

Easily confused with Shag when not in breeding plumage. Cormorant is larger, heavier built, has a thicker neck and less rounded profile. Head diagnostically wedge-shape, with the back of the head as the highest point. Bill never yellow (but yellow naked area at base of bill). Juveniles usually with whiter belly than Shag, and with less brown tinge. Behavioural differences from shag; often dives without jumping, more common in brackish water, often flies high, and often chooses higher ground or objects when perching. Slower wing-beats than Shag, with more separated primaries. Subspecies sinensis with larger gular poach angle (se fig.).

Sound:

Mostly heard at breeding ground. Coarse, vibrating calls "hahahahaharo". Also deep, rattling and creaking sounds.

Social interaction:

Distribution:

Xeno-canto: map

Ecology:

Birdlife ecology

Links:

Observation.org Latest observations

Video IBC

Image search Flickr NB! May give other species

Sound search at Xeno-canto

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Sounds:Recorded by Anon Torimi,http://www.xeno-canto.org ,CC license

Appearance:

Pinkish red (male) or greyish brown (female) underparts, and slate grey upperparts. Bill short and deep. Hood, tail, wings, bill and base of bill shiny black. Pure white rump and vent, together with white wing-bars prominent in flight. Wings and tail relatively long. Juveniles lacks black hood. Flight strongly undulated. Not so hurried as other finches when foraging.

Sound:

Contact call a soft, full-bodied, descending, pure whistle; "peeuu". Song a quiet, modest mix of contact call and various chirping sounds, with peculiar harmonics.

Contact call, song:

Distribution:

Xeno-canto: map

Ecology:

Birdlife ecology

Links:

Observation.org Latest observations

Video IBC

Image search Flickr NB! May give other species

Sound search at Xeno-canto

Featherbase

CC