AVITOPIA - Cormorants

Scientific system: Clements et al. 2017

Familia: Phalacrocoracidae

You can get "Checklist of the Cormorants of Planet Earth" as an e-book here.

Microcarbo

Phalacrocorax

The cormorant family are gregarious freshwater or marine birds found on every continent. The body length is 50 cm to 100 cm. They have short legs with large webbed feet. They have a long neck and a slender beak with a curved tip. They dive from the surface of the water and can stay underwater for minutes. The caught fish are thrown into the air and devoured head first.

Microcarbo

     melanoleucos - Little Pied Cormorant (4)
     africanus - Reed Cormorant (8)
     coronatus - Crowned Cormorant (6)
     niger - Little Cormorant (3)
     pygmeus - Pygmy Cormorant (4)

Phalacrocorax

     gaimardi - Red-legged Cormorant (2)
     penicillatus - Brandt's Cormorant (5)
     urile - Red-faced Cormorant (4)
     pelagicus - Pelagic Cormorant (3)
     perspicillatus - Pallas's Cormorant (3)
     carbo - Great Cormorant (22)
     capillatus - Japanese Cormorant (3)
     capensis - Cape Cormorant (6)
     neglectus - Bank Cormorant (2)
     nigrogularis - Socotra Cormorant (2)
     fuscicollis - Indian Cormorant (1)
     punctatus - Spotted Shag (2)
     featherstoni - Pitt Island Shag (2)
     sulcirostris - Little Black Cormorant (4)
     varius - Pied Cormorant (2)
     fuscescens - Black-faced Cormorant (2)
     aristotelis - European Shag (8)
     harrisi - Flightless Cormorant (4)
     brasilianus - Neotropic Cormorant (6)
     auritus - Double-crested Cormorant (10)
     magellanicus - Magellanic Cormorant (3)
     bougainvillii - Guanay Cormorant (1)
     ranfurlyi - Bounty Islands Shag (3)
     carunculatus - New Zealand King Shag (2)
     chalconotus - Stewart Island Shag (2)
     onslowi - Chatham Islands Shag (2)
     colensoi - Auckland Islands Shag (1)
     campbelli - Campbell Islands Shag (2)
     georgianus - South Georgia Shag (2)
     atriceps - Imperial Cormorant (5)
     bransfieldensis - Antarctic Shag (2)
     melanogenis - Crozet Shag (1)
     verrucosus - Kerguelen Shag (4)
     nivalis - Heard Island Shag (1)
     purpurascens - Macquarie Shag (2)

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