Cormorants inhabit seacoasts, lakes, and some rivers. The nest may be made of seaweed and guano on a cliff or of sticks in .... cormorant, p.

The largest and most widespread species is the common, or great, cormorant, white-cheeked, and up to 100 cm (40 inches) long, it breeds from eastern Canada to Iceland, across Eurasia to Australia and New Zealand, and in parts of Africa. It and the slightly smaller Japanese cormorant, P. The most important guano producers are the Peruvian cormorant, or guanay, P. APA style: cormorant.