Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carbo
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderSuliformes
- FamilyPhalacrocoracidae (Corbs marins)
- GenusPhalacrocorax (Typical Old World Cormorants)
- SpeciesPhalacrocorax carbo (Great Cormorant)
Closest Relatives at Wilsons Promontory National Park
Little Black Cormorant
Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
Black-faced Cormorant
Phalacrocorax fuscescens
Australian Pied Cormorant
Phalacrocorax varius
Little Pied Cormorant
Microcarbo melanoleucos
Australasian Gannet
Morus serrator
Australian Darter
Anhinga novaehollandiae
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Great Cormorant in Wilsons Promontory National Park?
About 10% of visitor-days record a Great Cormorant sighting in Wilsons Promontory National Park, based on 49 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Great Cormorant in Wilsons Promontory National Park?
October has the highest sighting rate for Great Cormorant in Wilsons Promontory National Park in our monthly data.