Pelecaniformes
Cormorants (Phalacrocoracidae)
HBW 1, p. 326
- Medium-sized to large waterbirds with elongated body, long neck and strong, hooked bill.
- Cosmopolitan, with greatest diversity in tropical and temperate zones.
- Stretches of open water, both coastal and inland.
- 1 genus, 39 species, 57 taxa.
- 10 species threatened; 1 species extinct since 1600.
- 4
- 6
- 5
- 24
List of species:
Sort and Filter [ + ]
- 11 3 8 8 3 Little Black Cormorant (Phalacrocorax sulcirostris)
- 29 1 7 21 8 1 Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)
- 11 1 6 4 8 5 Indian Cormorant (Phalacrocorax fuscicollis)
- 43 1 14 28 8 2 Neotropic Cormorant (Phalacrocorax olivaceus)
- 94 1 40 53 8 4 Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
- 5 1 4 6 6 Cape Cormorant (Phalacrocorax capensis)
- 7 1 6 4 7 Socotra Cormorant (Phalacrocorax nigrogularis)
- 4 1 3 3 8 Bank Cormorant (Phalacrocorax neglectus)
- 2 2 8 9 Japanese Cormorant (Phalacrocorax capillatus)
- 5 2 3 8 10 Brandt's Cormorant (Phalacrocorax penicillatus)
- 24 1 10 13 8 11 European Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)
- 5 2 3 8 12 Pelagic Cormorant (Phalacrocorax pelagicus)
- 7 4 3 8 13 Red-faced Cormorant (Phalacrocorax urile)
- 35 1 10 24 8 14 Rock Shag (Phalacrocorax magellanicus)
- 10 3 7 6 15 Guanay Cormorant (Phalacrocorax bougainvillii)
- 23 1 22 8 16 Pied Cormorant (Phalacrocorax varius)
- 4 1 3 8 17 Black-faced Cormorant (Phalacrocorax fuscescens)
- 4 1 3 4 18 Rough-faced Shag (Phalacrocorax carunculatus)
- 4 1 3 4 19 Stewart Shag (Phalacrocorax chalconotus)
- 2 1 1 3 20 Chatham Shag (Phalacrocorax onslowi)
- 2 1 1 4 21 Auckland Shag (Phalacrocorax colensoi)
- 1 1 4 22 Campbell Shag (Phalacrocorax campbelli)
- 2 1 1 4 23 Bounty Shag (Phalacrocorax ranfurlyi)
- 9 1 3 5 8 25 Antarctic Shag (Phalacrocorax bransfieldensis)
- 8 4 4 8 26 South Georgia Shag (Phalacrocorax georgianus)
- 60 2 13 45 8 24 Imperial Shag (Phalacrocorax atriceps)
- 0 8 27 Heard Shag (Phalacrocorax nivalis)
- 1 1 8 28 Crozet Shag (Phalacrocorax melanogenis)
- 0 8 29 Kerguelen Shag (Phalacrocorax verrucosus)
- 3 1 2 8 30 Macquarie Shag (Phalacrocorax purpurascens)
- 18 5 13 6 31 Red-legged Cormorant (Phalacrocorax gaimardi)
- 5 2 3 8 32 Spotted Shag (Phalacrocorax punctatus)
- 0 3 33 Pitt Shag (Phalacrocorax featherstoni)
- 16 4 12 8 34 Little Pied Cormorant (Phalacrocorax melanoleucos)
- 20 7 13 8 35 Long-tailed Cormorant (Phalacrocorax africanus)
- 1 1 6 36 Crowned Cormorant (Phalacrocorax coronatus)
- 29 1 17 11 8 37 Little Cormorant (Phalacrocorax niger)
- 3 2 1 6 38 Pygmy Cormorant (Phalacrocorax pygmaeus)
- 4 1 3 3 39 Flightless Cormorant (Phalacrocorax harrisi)
Family statistics
1 genus, 39 species
| 510 files covering | |
|---|---|
| 1 genus | (100%) |
| 36 species | (92%) |

