Cormorant



The bird family Phalacrocoracidae is represented by some 40 species of cormorants and shags. Several different classifications of the family have been proposed recently, and the number of genera is disputed.

List of species
This sequence follows the Handbook of the Birds of the World.


 * Double-crested Cormorant or White-crested Cormorant, Phalacrocorax auritus
 * Neotropic Cormorant or Olivaceous Cormorant, Phalacrocorax brasilianus (or Phalacrocorax olivaceus)
 * Little Black Cormorant, Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
 * Great Cormorant or Black Shag, Phalacrocorax carbo
 * White-breasted Cormorant, Phalacrocorax lucidus
 * Indian Cormorant, Phalacrocorax fuscicollis
 * Cape Cormorant, Phalacrocorax capensis
 * Socotra Cormorant, Phalacrocorax nigrogularis
 * Wahlberg's Cormorant or Bank Cormorant,  Phalacrocorax neglectus
 * Temminck's Cormorant or Japanese Cormorant,  Phalacrocorax capillatus
 * Brandt's Cormorant, Phalacrocorax penicillatus
 * Spectacled Cormorant, Phalacrocorax perspicillatus - extinct (c.1850)
 * Common Shag, Phalacrocorax aristotelis
 * Pelagic Cormorant or Baird's Cormorant, Phalacrocorax pelagicus
 * Red-faced Cormorant, Phalacrocorax urile
 * Rock Shag, Phalacrocorax magellanicus
 * Guanay Cormorant, Phalacrocorax bougainvillii
 * Pied Cormorant or Yellow-faced Cormorant, Phalacrocorax varius
 * Black-faced Cormorant, Phalacrocorax fuscescens
 * King Shag or Rough-faced Shag, Phalacrocorax carunculatus 
 * Stewart Island Shag, Phalacrocorax chalconotus
 * Chatham Shag, Phalacrocorax onslowi
 * Auckland Shag, Phalacrocorax colensoi
 * Campbell Shag, Phalacrocorax campbelli
 * Bounty Shag, Phalacrocorax ranfurlyi
 * Imperial Shag or Blue-eyed Shag, Phalacrocorax atriceps
 * White-bellied Shag, Phalacrocorax atriceps albiventer
 * Antarctic Shag, Phalacrocorax bransfieldensis
 * South Georgia Shag, Phalacrocorax georgianus
 * Heard Shag, Phalacrocorax nivalis
 * Crozet Shag, Phalacrocorax melanogenis
 * Kerguelen Shag, Phalacrocorax verrucosus
 * Macquarie Shag, Phalacrocorax purpurascens
 * Red-footed Shag, Phalacrocorax gaimardi
 * Spotted Shag Phalacrocorax punctatus
 * Pitt Cormorant or Featherstone's Shag  Phalacrocorax featherstoni
 * Little Pied Cormorant, Phalacrocorax melanoleucos
 * Long-tailed Cormorant,  Phalacrocorax africanus
 * Crowned Cormorant, Phalacrocorax coronatus
 * Little Cormorant, Phalacrocorax niger
 * Pygmy Cormorant, Phalacrocorax pygmaeus
 * Flightless Cormorant, Phalacrocorax harrisi
 * Travis's Cormorant, Phalacrocorax travisii*