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Great cormorant I have a doubt because I saw that this cormorant has a white spot on the leg and the other cormorant hasn&#039;t.<figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/27755/its_hot._isnt_it.html" title="It&#039;s hot. isn&#039;t it?"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/725/27755_thumb.JPG?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=y12gMpohLTm1HVak94BQmUUsflk%3D" width="200" height="150" alt="It&#039;s hot. isn&#039;t it? I managed to go really close to this cormorant without disturbing it. Geotagged,Great Cormorant,Italy,Phalacrocorax carbo,Spring" /></a></figure><br /> Why? It is possible that the cormorant has the white spot and it&#039;s possible that it doesn&#039;t has the spot? Or simply In the second one the spot isn&#039;t visible? Geotagged,Great Cormorant,Italy,Phalacrocorax carbo,Spring Click/tap to enlarge

Great cormorant

I have a doubt because I saw that this cormorant has a white spot on the leg and the other cormorant hasn't.

It's hot. isn't it? I managed to go really close to this cormorant without disturbing it. Geotagged,Great Cormorant,Italy,Phalacrocorax carbo,Spring

Why? It is possible that the cormorant has the white spot and it's possible that it doesn't has the spot? Or simply In the second one the spot isn't visible?

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  1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
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    Tom, the white patch is on adults only, and only during the breeding season (according to Wikipedia). Posted 10 years ago
    1. View Tom97's profile
      Tom97
      Snow Leopard
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      Ok thank you :) so the second one isn't still adult! But it was as big as the first one. Posted 10 years ago
      1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
        Ferdy Christant
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        It could also be related to gender, not sure. Posted 10 years ago

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The Great Cormorant

The Great Cormorant, known as the Great Black Cormorant across the Northern Hemisphere, the Black Cormorant in Australia and the Black Shag further south in New Zealand, is a widespread member of the cormorant family of seabirds. It breeds in much of the Old World and the Atlantic coast of North America.

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Uploaded Apr 3, 2015. Captured Mar 31, 2015 17:04 in Via dei Gelsi, 9, 05018 Ciconia TR, Italy.
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  • COOLPIX P510
  • f/5.9
  • 10/8000s
  • ISO100
  • 180mm