Continental Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis |
The most detailed analysis on the subject was published back in 2004 (Sub-Specific Differentiation & Distribution of Great Cormorants in Europe Stuart E. Newson et al). The study concluded that a bird with a gular patch angle <65 degrees was likely to be P c carbo and those with an angle > 73 degrees was probably sinensis.
The bird photographed today at Ogston looks to have an angle of 90 degrees and is probably therefore the continental race sinensis
Comparison of gulag patch angle in P c carbo and P c sinensis |
Cormorant P c carbo |
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