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All About Birds: Cormorant (22 Pics)

#13 Great Cormorant

Length - 0.9 m. Wingspan - 1.5 m. Bodyweight can range from 1.8 to 3 kg.

The plumage is black with a green tint, the throat and cheeks are white, the beak is framed by unfeathered yellow skin. On the head, there is a large black crest.

#14 Double-Crested Cormorant

Body length - 0.7 - 0.9 m. Weight varies from 1.5 to 2.5 kg. Feather color - dark brown or black with greenish or bronze tint.

The color of the skin under the eyes, beak, and in the neck area is orange-yellow. The limbs are black. Before nesting, a tuft of black feathers grows on the head, the eyelids turn blue.

#15 Pelagic Cormorant

The average body length is 0.75 m. The wingspan is -1.1 m. The weight is 1.5 kg.

The feathers are colored black with a metallic shade, the skin in the beak area is dark red. There is a crest on the crown of the head.

Alice White

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Alice White, a devoted pet lover and writer, has turned her boundless affection for animals into a fulfilling career. Originally dreaming of wildlife, her limited scientific background led her to specialize in animal literature. Now she happily spends her days researching and writing about various creatures, living her dream.

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