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Phalacrocorax
Brisson, 1760
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Entity:
Phalacrocoracinae (Subfamily)
..†Actiornis (Genus)
..†Pliocarbo (Genus)
..Phalacrocorax (Genus)
....Phalacrocorax africanus (Species) - long-tailed cormorant
....Phalacrocorax albiventer (Species)
....Phalacrocorax aristotelis (Species) - European shag
....Phalacrocorax atriceps (Species) - imperial shag
....Phalacrocorax auritus (Species) - double-crested cormorant
....Phalacrocorax bougainvillii (Species) - Guanay cormorant
....Phalacrocorax brasilianus (Species) - Neotropic cormorant
....Phalacrocorax campbelli (Species) - Campbell Island shag
....Phalacrocorax capensis (Species) - Cape cormorant
....Phalacrocorax capillatus (Species) - Japanese cormorant
....Phalacrocorax carbo (Species) - great cormorant
....Phalacrocorax carunculatus (Species) - rough-faced shag
....Phalacrocorax chalconotus (Species) - bronze shag
....Phalacrocorax colensoi (Species) - Auckland Islands shag
....Phalacrocorax coronatus (Species) - crowned cormorant
....Phalacrocorax featherstoni (Species) - Pitt Island shag
....Phalacrocorax fuscescens (Species) - black-faced cormorant
....Phalacrocorax fuscicollis (Species) - Indian cormorant
....Phalacrocorax gaimardi (Species) - red-legged cormorant
....Phalacrocorax harrisi (Species) - flightless cormorant
....Phalacrocorax magellanicus (Species) - rock shag
....Phalacrocorax melanoleucos (Species) - little pied cormorant
....Phalacrocorax neglectus (Species) - bank cormorant
....Phalacrocorax niger (Species) - little cormorant
....Phalacrocorax nigrogularis (Species) - Socotra cormorant
....Phalacrocorax onslowi (Species) - Chatham Islands shag
....Phalacrocorax pelagicus (Species) - pelagic cormorant
....Phalacrocorax penicillatus (Species) - Brandt's cormorant
....‡Phalacrocorax perspicillatus (Species) - Pallas's cormorant
....Phalacrocorax punctatus (Species) - spotted shag
....Phalacrocorax pygmeus (Species) - pygmy cormorant
....Phalacrocorax ranfurlyi (Species) - Bounty Islands shag
....Phalacrocorax sulcirostris (Species) - little black cormorant
....Phalacrocorax urile (Species) - red-faced cormorant
....Phalacrocorax varius (Species) - pied cormorant
....Phalacrocorax verrucosus (Species) - Kerguelen shag
Authorship
Original name
:
Brisson, 1760. Ornith., 1, 60; 6, 511.
Types
Type of
:
Phalacrocoracinae
(Subfamily)
Bonaparte, 1853 [1854?]
Type of
:
Phalacrocoracoidea
(Superfamily)
Bonaparte, 1854
Ref:
B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993
: 127.
[implicit]
Variants
Different spelling
:
Phalarocorax
(Genus)
Newton, 1893
Ref:
S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]
: [19 Dec 2008].
Different spelling
:
Phelacrocorax
(Genus)
Cuvier, 1800
Ref:
S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]
: [19 Dec 2008].
Synonyms
Synonymous name
:
Australocorax
(Genus)
Lambrecht, 1933
Ref:
PBDB
: 11 Jan 2021.
Synonymous name
:
Graculus
(Genus)
nom. inval.
Ref:
PBDB
: 24 Jun 2018.
Synonymous name
:
†
Pliocarbo
(Genus)
Tugarinov, 1940
Ref:
PBDB
: 23 Nov 2020.
Including
:
Halietor
(Genus)
Including
:
Leucocarbo
(Genus)
Bonaparte, 1856
Including
:
Nannopterum
(Genus)
Sharpe, 1899
Including
:
Stictocarbo
(Genus)
Bonaparte, 1855
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
aalscholvers
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