Any species of Phalacrocorax, a genus of sea birds having a sac under the beak; the shag. Cormorants devour fish voraciously, and have become the emblem of gluttony. They are generally black, and hence are called sea ravens, and coalgeese.
The Phalacrocoracidae family of birds is represented by 38 species of cormorants and shags. Several different classifications of the family have been proposed recently, but in the one most commonly used, all but two or three species are placed in a single genus Phalacrocorax, the exceptions being the Kerguelen Shag, the Imperial Shag, and (sometimes) the Galapagos' Flightless Cormorant.
Cormorant is the tenth album from Shriekback, released in 2005. It centers around Barry Andrews with former shrieks, Martyn Barker, Wendy Partridge, and Mark Raudva, Andrews' son, Finn, and fellow XTC alum, Andy Partridge.