Where does the Great Cormorant live?

Phalacrocorax carbo has 6,748,212 records in 163 countries and territories, from 1635 to 2026. Most records come from Sweden.

6,748,212 records
163 places
187 years recorded
Aves class

AnimaliaChordataAvesSuliformesPhalacrocoracidaePhalacrocorax

When it is recorded

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Peak month: January. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

Place	Records	Share
Sweden	822,477
Netherlands	729,906
United Kingdom	722,061
Denmark	573,303
France	462,632
Norway	458,251
Spain	404,399
Australia	380,824
Germany	278,216
Belgium	277,262
India	173,998
United States	167,496
Portugal	137,639
Italy	103,668
Finland	86,909
Japan	74,439
Taiwan	73,895
Poland	54,956
New Zealand	53,999
South Africa	46,281
Türkiye	45,066
Ireland	42,306
Canada	39,497
Switzerland	37,168
Czechia	35,485
Israel	31,944
Bulgaria	28,430
Estonia	28,222
South Korea	27,859
Austria	26,289
China	24,647
Greece	22,143
Russia	20,881
Iceland	20,433
Serbia	15,710
Isle of Man	12,836
United Arab Emirates	12,502
Ukraine	12,155
Hong Kong	11,571
Hungary	11,566

Showing the top 40 of 163 places.

Related animals

Others in the family Phalacrocoracidae.

Double-crested Cormorant

10,546,526 records

Neotropic Cormorant

1,535,733 records

Little Pied Cormorant

1,037,775 records

Little Cormorant

764,254 records

Little Black Cormorant

Long-tailed Cormorant

366,569 records

Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.