Note:

Si tuffa e "vola" sott'acqua per afferrare la preda; talvolta restano agganciate alle lenze abbandonate che intrappolano pesci di cui si cibano, annegando.

Tassonomia:

Domain: Eukaryota - Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
Kingdom: Animalia - C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
Subkingdom: Bilateria - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
Branch: Deuterostomia - Grobben, 1908
Infrakingdom: Chordonia - (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
Phylum: Chordata - Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
Subphylum: Vertebrata - Cuvier, 1812
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata - auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
Superclass: Tetrapoda - Goodrich, 1930
Class: Aves - Linnaeus, 1758
Subclass: Avialae - Gauthier, 1986
Infraclass: Aves - (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Cohort: Neognathae - Pycraft, 1900
Superorder: Pelecanimorphae - Huxley, 1867
Order: Pelecaniformes - Sharpe, 1891
Suborder: Steganopodes - Chandler, 1916
Infraorder: Pelecanides - Sharpe, 1891
Parvorder: Sulida
Superfamily: Phalacrocoracoidea - Bonaparte, 1854
Family: Phalacrocoracidae - Reichenbach, 1850
Subfamily: Phalacrocoracinae
Genus: Phalacrocorax - Brisson, 1760
Specific name: carbo - (Linnaeus) 1758
Subspecies: carbo
Scientific name: - Phalacrocorax carbo carbo (Linnaeus) 1758