juvenile, as told by brownish belly (Northern Ireland; 2008-09-18)
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Great cormorant
Phalacrocorax carbo
Native Range:
Eurasia, Austraian Region, and Oriental Region
Notes:
a large and widely-distributed cormorant throughout marine shoreline environments the Old World; adult birds during the breeding season show white patches on the thigh and on the face, but otherwise are entirely black in plumage; juveniles are much browner.
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