Category: Suliformes

Sub-specific differentiation and distribution of Great Cormorants Phalacrocorax carbo in Europe

Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) Science Article 1 abstract The use of biometrics for sub-specific differentiation of Great Cormorants Phalacrocorax carbo in Europe was investigated using skins of known subspecies and showed that gular pouch angle is a useful character for assigning individuals to sub-species. Where further measurements of bill depth and bill length can be […]

Net-entrapment of great cormorants Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis in relation to individual age and population size

Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) Science Article 8 abstract Population control of great cormorants Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis has beensuggested as a tool to mitigate fish losses by cormorants foraging in pound nets,gill nets and fykes. The objective of our study was to quantify the differencebetween first-year birds and older birds in the risk of drowning in […]

Reproduction of a Newly-established Population of the Great Cormorant in Northeastern Italy

Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) Science Article 2 abstract A study of the breeding biology of the Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis) was carried out during 1993-1998 in the Po River Delta, a major wintering area in northeastern Italy. The first of five colonies was founded in 1993, and breeders increased from 69 pairs in 1994 […]

Reproduction of a Newly-established Population of the Great Cormorant in Northeastern Italy

Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) Science Article 2 abstract A study of the breeding biology of the Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis) was carried out during 1993-1998 in the Po River Delta, a major wintering area in northeastern Italy. The first of five colonies was founded in 1993, and breeders increased from 69 pairs in 1994 […]

Great Cormorants Phalacrocorax carbo and polych tes: can worms sometimes be a major prey of a piscivorous seabird?

Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) Science Article 3 abstract Cormorants mainly eat fish, but remains of other prey are often found in their regurgitated pellets. Such remains are usually considered to stem from prey that were present in the stomachs of fish, eaten by the bird, i.e. from secondary prey. We present several cases were Great […]

Perch fidelity of Cormorants Phalacrocorax carbo outside the breeding season

Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) Science Article 14 abstract The perch fidelity of the Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis has been studied during migration and winter time on a roost at Lake Geneva, Switzerland. A one-perch fidelity index was computed for 217 individuals. It appears that the perch fidelity increases with the age of the Cormorant, but […]

Solitary foraging in sand pits by breeding Cormorants Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis: Does specialised knowledge about fishing sites and fish behaviour pay off?

Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) Science Article 19 abstract Though most Cormorants from the colonies exploiting the lake IJsselmeer area in The Netherlands nowadays have taken up the habit of fishing in large groups, some individuals are still observed fishing solitarily. This phenomenon occurs predominantly during the coldest months at well-defined patches, often located in sand […]

Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo [L]) populations and patterns of abundance at breeding and feeding sites in Northern Ireland, with particular reference to Lough Neagh

Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) Science Article 11 abstract Breeding cormorants, Phalacrocoraxc arbo, in Northern Ireland remain seasonally dependent on a coastal environment where they can be censused with accuracy, but numbers in other habitats and at other times of the year are less certain. This study establishes the long term and regional patterns of abundance […]