Cormorant again breeds on the Desna river. - N.P. Knysh, V.M. Malyshok. - Berkut. 15 (1-2). 2006. - P. 204-205.
In the first half of XXth cent. the Cormorant bred in Chernigiv region (NE Ukraine), then colonies have disappeared. Since 2003 these birds again breed on the Desna river in Shostka (Sumy region) and Novgorod-Siverskiy (Chernigiv region) districts. They nest in two large colonies of Grey Herons in willows among flood-plains. [Ukrainian].
Key words: Cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo, north-east Ukraine, distribution, breeding.
Address: N.P. Knysh, Sumy Pedagogical University, Dep. of Zoology, Romenska str. 87, 40002 Sumy, Ukraine.

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