Typical Old World Cormorants
Phalacrocorax
Phalacrocoracidae is a family of some 40 species of aquatic birds commonly known as cormorants and shags. Several different classifications of the family have been proposed recently, and the number of genera is disputed. There is no consistent distinction between "cormorants" and "shags" as these appellations have been assigned to different species in these genera at various points in time.
11 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 11 known species
Great Cormorant
speciesPhalacrocorax carbo
Little Black Cormorant
speciesPhalacrocorax sulcirostris
Pied Cormorant
speciesPhalacrocorax varius
Indian Cormorant
speciesPhalacrocorax fuscicollis
Cape Cormorant
speciesPhalacrocorax capensis
Spotted Shag
speciesPhalacrocorax punctatus
Black-faced Cormorant
speciesPhalacrocorax fuscescens
Japanese Cormorant
speciesPhalacrocorax capillatus
Bank Cormorant
speciesPhalacrocorax neglectus
Socotra Cormorant
speciesPhalacrocorax nigrogularis
Pitt Island Shag
speciesPhalacrocorax featherstoni
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 4263.