Linguistics |
Actual scientific name : |
|
Phalacrocorax carbo lucidus |
|
|
|
Old scientific name : |
|
Phalacrocorax carbo lugubris |
|
|
|
French name : |
|
Grand cormoran du Cap |
|
|
|
English name : |
|
Great (White-breasted) Cormorant |
|
|
|
Vernacular name : |
|
|
|

|
Zoology |
Call : |
|
|
|
|
|
Description : |
|
Larger than its cousin, it can mainly be distiguished by its white throat and breast. |
|
|
|
Habitat : |
|
Quite common. Seen in colonies, among others, at the Luapula's mouth in the Moero and on the Kisale lake. |
|
|
|
Behaviour : |
|
Gregorious. Make more noise than their cousin. |
|
|
|
Diet : |
|
|
|
|
|
Life history : |
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution in Katanga : |
|
|
|
|
History, Ethnology, Sociology |
Interactions with humans : |
|
|
|
|
|
Taboos : |
|
|
|
|
|
Legends, believes, folklore : |
|
|
|
|
|
Fishing, hunting : |
|
|
|
|
|
Feeding : |
|
|
|
|
|
Breeding, taming : |
|
|
|
|
|
Uses of skin or other body parts : |
|
|
Warning :
This database was established according to official pieces of work and with the help of famous scientists. However, there might be some errors.
The vernacular names were collected in the field and in the colonial literature from the first part of the 20th century. The monks who established the first dictionaries were not necessarily informed naturalists. Therefore, errors must have been committed.
We invite everyone who could help us to improve this working tool to contact us in order to correct us and share her/his knowledge with us.
+ You are in :
ROOT > Vertebrata (Vertebrates) > Aves (Birds) > Ciconiiformes (Sibley) > Phalacrocoracidae (cormorants)
|