All Species
36 Species in Family Phalacrocoracidae
Nominal species list for Phalacrocoracidae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Leucocarbo carunculatus (Gmelin, 1789) New Zealand king shag
Phalacrocorax africanus (Gmelin, 1789) Crowned cormorant
Phalacrocorax albiventer (Lesson, 1831) King cormorant
Phalacrocorax aristotelis (Linnaeus, 1761) European shag
Phalacrocorax atriceps King, 1828 Imperial shag
Phalacrocorax auritus (Lesson, 1831) Double-crested cormorant
Phalacrocorax bougainvillii (Lesson, 1837) Guanay cormorant
Phalacrocorax brasilianus (Gmelin, 1789) Neotropic cormorant
Phalacrocorax campbelli (Filhol, 1878) Campbell shag
Phalacrocorax capensis (Sparrman, 1788) Cape cormorant
Phalacrocorax capillatus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850) Japanese cormorant
Phalacrocorax carbo (Linnaeus, 1758) Great cormorant
Phalacrocorax chalconotus (Gray, 1845) Stewart Island shag
Phalacrocorax colensoi Buller, 1888 Auckland Island shag
Phalacrocorax featherstoni Buller, 1873 Pitt Island shag
Phalacrocorax fuscescens (Vieillot, 1817) Black-faced cormorant
Phalacrocorax fuscicollis Stephens, 1826 Indian cormorant
Phalacrocorax gaimardi (Lesson & Garnot, 1828) Red-legged cormorant
Phalacrocorax georgianus Lönnberg, 1906 South Georgia shag
Phalacrocorax harrisi (Rothschild, 1898) Flightless cormorant
Phalacrocorax magellanicus (Gmelin, 1789) Rock cormorant
Phalacrocorax melanoleucos (Vieillot, 1817) Little pied cormorant
Phalacrocorax neglectus (Wahlberg, 1855) Bank cormorant
Phalacrocorax niger (Vieillot, 1817) Little cormorant
Phalacrocorax nigrogularis Ogilvie-Grant & Forbes, 1899 Socotra cormorant
Phalacrocorax onslowi Forbes, 1893 Chatham Island shag
Phalacrocorax pelagicus Pallas, 1811 Pelagic cormorant
Phalacrocorax penicillatus (Brandt, 1837) Brandt's cormorant
Phalacrocorax punctatus (Sparrman, 1786) Spotted shag
Phalacrocorax purpurascens (Brandt, 1837) Macquarie shag
Phalacrocorax pygmaeus (Pallas, 1773) Pygmy cormorant
Phalacrocorax ranfurlyi Ogilvie-Grant, 1901 Bounty Island shag
Phalacrocorax sulcirostris (Brandt, 1837) Little black cormorant
Phalacrocorax urile (Gmelin, 1789) Red-faced cormorant
Phalacrocorax varius (Gmelin, 1789) Pied cormorant
Phalacrocorax verrucosus (Cabanis, 1875) Kerguelen shag
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