Neornithes Gadow, 1893 - living birds Neognathae Pycraft 1900 see Cohort Neognathae Pycraft, 1900 Neoaves Sibley et al. 1988 see Subcohort Neoaves Sibley et al., 1988 [Order] Pelecaniformes Sharpe, 1891 Family Phalacrocoracidae Reichenbach, 1850 [monotypic] - cormorants Genus Phalacrocorax Brisson, 1760 Phalacrocorax africanus (Gmelin, 1789) - long-tailed cormorant 1 Phalacrocorax africanus africanus (Gmelin, 1789) 2 Phalacrocorax africanus pictilis Bangs, 1918