Kingdom [Animalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
   Subkingdom Metazoa Haeckel, 1874 see Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758
     Division Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910 see Subkingdom Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910
       Subdivision Bilateralia
         Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
           Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
             Class Aves Linnaeus, 1758 - birds see Subclass Aves Linnaeus, 1758
               Subclass Neornithes Gadow, 1893 see Clade Neornithes Gadow, 1893
                 Order Pelecaniformes Sharpe, 1891
                   Family Phalacrocoracidae Reichenbach, 1850 - cormorants
                     Genus Phalacrocorax Brisson, 1760
                       01 Phalacrocorax carbo (Linnaeus, 1758) - great cormorant
                       02 Phalacrocorax lucidus (Lichtenstein, 1823) see Phalacrocorax carbo lucidus (Lichtenstein, 1823)
                       03 Phalacrocorax capillatus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1849) - Japanese cormorant
                       04 Phalacrocorax auritus (Lesson, 1831) - double-crested cormorant
                       05 Phalacrocorax olivaceus (Humboldt, 1805)
                       06 Phalacrocorax africanus (Gmelin, 1789) - long-tailed cormorant
                       07 Phalacrocorax pygmaeus (Pallas, 1773) see Phalacrocorax pygmeus (Pallas, 1773)
                       08 Phalacrocorax melanoleucos (Vieillot, 1817) - little pied cormorant
                       09 Phalacrocorax sulcirostris (Brandt, 1837) - little black cormorant
                       10 Phalacrocorax harrisi Rothschild, 1898 - flightless cormorant
                       11 Phalacrocorax aristotelis (Linnaeus, 1761) - European shag
                       12 Phalacrocorax urile (Gmelin, 1789) - red-faced cormorant
                       13 ‡Phalacrocorax perspicillatus Pallas, 1811 - Pallas's cormorant
                       14 Phalacrocorax pelagicus Pallas, 1811 - pelagic cormorant
                       15 Phalacrocorax gaimardi (Lesson & Garnot, 1828) - red-legged cormorant
                       16 Phalacrocorax magellanicus (Gmelin, 1789) - rock shag
                       17 Phalacrocorax albiventer (Lesson, 1831)
                       18 Phalacrocorax atriceps King, 1828 - imperial shag
                       19 Phalacrocorax carunculatus (Gmelin, 1789) - rough-faced shag
                       20 Phalacrocorax fuscescens (Vieillot, 1817) - black-faced cormorant
                       21 Phalacrocorax bougainvillei (Lesson, 1837) see Phalacrocorax bougainvillii (Lesson, 1837)
                       22 Phalacrocorax penicillatus (Brandt, 1837) - Brandt's cormorant
                       23 Phalacrocorax punctatus (Sparrman, 1786) - spotted shag
                       24 Phalacrocorax nigrogularis Ogilvie-Grant & Forbes, 1899 - Socotra cormorant