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The genus Phalacrocorax was introduced by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760 with the great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) as the type species. [3] [4] Phalacrocorax is the Latin word for a cormorant. [5] Formerly, many other species of cormorant were classified in Phalacrocorax, but most of these have been split out into ...
fishing colony in Latvia. The great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo), known as the black shag or kawau in New Zealand, formerly also known as the great black cormorant across the Northern Hemisphere, the black cormorant in Australia, and the large cormorant in India, is a widespread member of the cormorant family of seabirds. [2]
Phalacrocoracidae is a family of approximately 42 species of aquatic birds commonly known as cormorants and shags.Several different classifications of the family have been proposed, but in 2021 the International Ornithologists' Union (IOU) adopted a consensus taxonomy of seven genera. [1]
The little black cormorant (Phalacrocorax sulcirostris) is a member of the cormorant family of seabirds. It is common in smaller rivers and lakes throughout most areas of Australia and northern New Zealand, where it is known as the little black shag. It is around sixty centimetres long, and is all black with blue-green eyes.
Phalacrocorax albiventer Phalacrocorax atriceps The imperial shag or imperial cormorant ( Leucocarbo atriceps ) is a black and white cormorant native to southern South America , primarily in rocky coastal regions, but locally also at large inland lakes.
The bank cormorant (Phalacrocorax neglectus), also known as Wahlberg's cormorant, is a medium-sized cormorant that is endemic to Namibia and the western seaboard of South Africa, living in and around coastal waters; it is rarely recorded more than 15 km offshore.
The adult Antarctic shag is about 75–77 cm tall, [3] has a wingspan of 124 cm, [2] and weighs 1.5-3.5 kg. [4] When looking at individuals within this species, the most defining characteristic is the warty yellow caruncle found on the forehead. [3]
Of the suggested 7 genera in the cormorant family, [3] the black-faced cormorant is part of the Old-Word cormorants Phalacrocorax. This genus diverged from its sister genus, the North-Pacific Cormorants Urile around 10 million years ago. [3] The closest related species to the black-faced cormorant is the pied cormorant P. varius. [3]