cormorant, cormorants
The scientific genus name for cormorant is latinized Ancient Greek, from φαλακρός (phalakros, "bald") and κόραξ (korax, "raven"). This is often thought to refer to the creamy white patch on the cheeks of adult Great Cormorants, or the ornamental white head plumes prominent in Mediterranean birds of this species, but is certainly not a unifying characteristic of cormorants. "Cormorant" is a contraction derived from Latin corvus marinus, "sea raven". Indeed, "sea raven" or analogous terms were the usual terms for cormorants in Germanic languages until after the Middle Ages, and the erroneous belief that these birds were related to ravens lasted at least to the 16th century:
Direction Walk 0.49 km or 7 mins south west from last photo
Location Jinja, East Africa, Uganda, Africa
Info F 14.0 1/2000 ISO 1600 with Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi
Country | Uganda | State | East Africa |
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City | Jinja | Near | River Nile |
Continent | Africa | Day | Jinja |
Activity | Samuka Island Boat Ride | Tour | GAP (Great Adventure People) |
Date | 2007:09:23 10:30:59 | Make | Canon |
Model | Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi | Width | 2592 |
Height | 1944 | Flash | Off, Did not fire |
Focal | 165.0 mm | Exposure | 1/2000 |
F Number | 14.0 | ISO | 1600 |
White Bal. | Auto | Program | Aperture-priority AE |
Compensation | 0 | Hyperfocal | 104.74 m |
Latitude | 0.4184 | Longitude | 33.1943444444444 |
Altitude | 72.28768927 m | File Size | 3.5 MB |