| Species name | Common name | Distribution | Max. Length (cm) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phalacrocorax africanus (Gmelin, 1789) |
Crowned cormorant | Eastern Atlantic, Western Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean | 50 |
| Phalacrocorax albiventer (Lesson, 1831) |
King cormorant | Southeast Pacific and Southwest Pacific | |
| Phalacrocorax aristotelis (Linnaeus, 1761) |
European shag | Arctic, Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean | 72 |
| Phalacrocorax atriceps King, 1828 |
Imperial shag | Southern Atlantic and the Antarctic | 72 |
| Phalacrocorax auritus (Lesson, 1831) |
Double-crested cormorant | Western Atlantic and Eastern Pacific | 90 |
| Phalacrocorax bougainvillii (Lesson, 1837) |
Guanay cormorant | Southeast Pacific | 76 |
| Phalacrocorax brasilianus (Gmelin, 1789) |
Neotropic cormorant | Western Atlantic | 56 |
| Phalacrocorax campbelli (Filhol, 1878) |
Campbell shag | Southwest Pacific | 63 |
| Phalacrocorax capensis (Sparrman, 1788) |
Cape cormorant | Southeast Atlantic | 63 |
| Phalacrocorax capillatus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850) |
Japanese cormorant | Arctic Ocean and Northwest Pacific | 92 |
| Phalacrocorax carbo (Linnaeus, 1758) |
Great cormorant | Indo-West Pacific, Mediterranean, Arctic and Atlantic | 101 |
| Phalacrocorax chalconotus (Gray, 1845) |
Stewart Island shag | Southwest Pacific | 68 |
| Phalacrocorax colensoi Buller, 1888 |
Auckland Island shag | Southwest Pacific | 63 |
| Phalacrocorax featherstoni Buller, 1873 |
Pitt Island shag | Southwest Pacific | 63 |
| Phalacrocorax fuscescens (Vieillot, 1817) |
Black-faced cormorant | Eastern Indian Ocean | 69 |
| Phalacrocorax fuscicollis Stephens, 1826 |
Indian cormorant | Indo-West Pacific | 65 |
| Phalacrocorax gaimardi (Lesson & Garnot, 1828) |
Red-legged cormorant | Southeast Pacific and Southwest Atlantic | 76 |
| Phalacrocorax georgianus Lönnberg, 1906 |
South Georgia shag | Atlantic Antarctic | 72 |
| Phalacrocorax harrisi (Rothschild, 1898) |
Flightless cormorant | Southeast Pacific | 99 |
| Phalacrocorax magellanicus (Gmelin, 1789) |
Rock cormorant | Southwest Atlantic | 66 |
| Phalacrocorax melanoleucos (Vieillot, 1817) |
Little pied cormorant | Western Pacific | |
| Phalacrocorax neglectus (Wahlberg, 1855) |
Bank cormorant | Southeast Atlantic and Western Indian Ocean | 76 |
| Phalacrocorax niger (Vieillot, 1817) |
Little cormorant | Indo-West Pacific | |
| Phalacrocorax nigrogularis Ogilvie-Grant & Forbes, 1899 |
Socotra cormorant | Western Indian Ocean | 80 |
| Phalacrocorax onslowi Forbes, 1893 |
Chatham Island shag | Southwest Pacific | 63 |
| Phalacrocorax pelagicus Pallas, 1811 |
Pelagic cormorant | Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean and the Arctic | 68 |
| Phalacrocorax penicillatus (Brandt, 1837) |
Brandt's cormorant | Eastern Pacific | 89 |
| Phalacrocorax punctatus (Sparrman, 1786) |
Spotted shag | Southwest Pacific | 69 |
| Phalacrocorax purpurascens (Brandt, 1837) |
Macquarie shag | Southwest Pacific | |
| Phalacrocorax pygmaeus (Pallas, 1773) |
Pygmy cormorant | Western Indian Ocean, Northwest Pacific, Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean | |
| Phalacrocorax ranfurlyi Ogilvie-Grant, 1901 |
Bounty Island shag | Southwest Pacific | 71 |
| Phalacrocorax sulcirostris (Brandt, 1837) |
Little black cormorant | Western Pacific | |
| Phalacrocorax urile (Gmelin, 1789) |
Red-faced cormorant | Northeast Atlantic, Northern Pacific and the Arctic | 84 |
| Phalacrocorax varius (Gmelin, 1789) |
Pied cormorant | Indo-West Pacific | 75 |
| Phalacrocorax verrucosus (Cabanis, 1875) |
Kerguelen shag | Antarctic Indian Ocean | 65 |