Editing Cormorant (section)

== Description ==
[[File:Cormorant yawning.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Great cormorant with hooked bill]]
[[File:Cormorant in Maynaguri.jpg|thumb|[[Little cormorant]] with wings spread]]

Cormorants and shags are medium-to-large [[seabird]]s. They range in size from the [[pygmy cormorant]] (''Microcarbo pygmaeus''), at as little as {{convert|45|cm|in|abbr=on}} and {{convert|340|g|oz|abbr=on}}, to the [[flightless cormorant]] (''Nannopterum harrisi''), at a maximum size {{convert|100|cm|in|abbr=on}} and {{convert|5|kg|lb|abbr=on}}. The recently extinct [[spectacled cormorant]] (''Urile perspicillatus'') was rather larger, at an average size of {{convert|6.3|kg|lb|abbr=on}}. Nearly all the Northern Hemisphere species have mainly dark [[Feather|plumage]], but many Southern Hemisphere species are black and white, and a few (e.g. the [[spotted shag]] of New Zealand) are quite colourful. Many species have areas of coloured skin on the face (the [[Lore (anatomy)|lores]] and the [[gular skin]]) which can be bright blue, orange, red or yellow, typically becoming more brightly coloured in the breeding season. The bill is long, thin, and sharply hooked. Their feet have webbing between all four toes, as in their relatives.