Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
   Class Aves Linnaeus, 1758 - birds see Subclass Aves Linnaeus, 1758
     Subclass Neornithes Gadow, 1893 see Clade Neornithes Gadow, 1893
       Superorder Neognathae Pycraft, 1900 see Cohort Neognathae Pycraft, 1900
         Order Pelecaniformes Sharpe, 1891
           Suborder Pelecani Sharpe, 1891 see Infraorder Pelecanides Sharpe, 1891
             Family Phalacrocoracidae Reichenbach, 1850 - cormorants
               Genus Phalacrocorax Brisson, 1760
                 01 Phalacrocorax punctatus (Sparrman, 1786) - spotted shag
                 02 Phalacrocorax featherstoni Buller, 1873 - Pitt Island shag
                 03 Phalacrocorax gaimardi (Lesson & Garnot, 1828) - red-legged cormorant
                 04 Phalacrocorax magellanicus (Gmelin, 1789) - rock shag
                 05 Phalacrocorax bougainvillei (Lesson, 1837) see Phalacrocorax bougainvillii (Lesson, 1837)
                 06 Phalacrocorax atriceps King, 1828 - imperial shag
                 07 Phalacrocorax carunculatus (Gmelin, 1789) - rough-faced shag
                 08 Phalacrocorax verrucosus (Cabanis, 1875) - Kerguelen shag
                 09 Phalacrocorax pelagicus Pallas, 1811 - pelagic cormorant
                 10 Phalacrocorax urile (Gmelin, 1789) - red-faced cormorant
                 11 ‡Phalacrocorax perspicillatus Pallas, 1811 - Pallas's cormorant
                 12 Phalacrocorax aristotelis (Linnaeus, 1761) - European shag
                 13 Phalacrocorax capensis (Sparrman, 1788) - Cape cormorant
                 14 Phalacrocorax nigrogularis Ogilvie-Grant & Forbes, 1899 - Socotra cormorant
                 15 Phalacrocorax fuscescens (Vieillot, 1817) - black-faced cormorant
                 16 Phalacrocorax varius (Gmelin, 1789) - pied cormorant
                 17 Phalacrocorax auritus (Lesson, 1831) - double-crested cormorant
                 18 Phalacrocorax neglectus (Wahlberg, 1855) - bank cormorant
                 19 Phalacrocorax capillatus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1849) - Japanese cormorant
                 20 Phalacrocorax carbo (Linnaeus, 1758) - great cormorant
                 21 Phalacrocorax penicillatus (Brandt, 1837) - Brandt's cormorant
                 22 Phalacrocorax brasiliensis see Phalacrocorax brasilianus (Gmelin, 1789)
                 23 Phalacrocorax fuscicollis Stephens, 1826 - Indian cormorant
                 24 Phalacrocorax sulcirostris (Brandt, 1837) - little black cormorant
                 25 Phalacrocorax melanoleucos (Vieillot, 1817) - little pied cormorant
                 26 Phalacrocorax coronatus (Wahlberg, 1855) - crowned cormorant
                 27 Phalacrocorax africanus (Gmelin, 1789) - long-tailed cormorant
                 28 Phalacrocorax pygmaeus (Pallas, 1773) see Phalacrocorax pygmeus (Pallas, 1773)
                 29 Phalacrocorax niger (Vieillot, 1817) - little cormorant