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The names "cormorant" and "shag" were originally the common names of the two species of the family found in Great Britain – Phalacrocorax carbo (now referred to by ornithologists as the great cormorant) and Gulosus aristotelis (the European shag). "Shag" refers to the bird's crest, which the British forms of the great cormorant lack.
Brandt's cormorant (Urile penicillatus) is a strictly marine bird of the cormorant family of seabirds that inhabits the Pacific coast of North America. It ranges, in the summer, from Alaska to the Gulf of California , but the population north of Vancouver Island migrates south during the winter.
One species, spectacled cormorant (formerly called Pallas's cormorant), is extinct. [ 1 ] This list is presented according to the IOC taxonomic sequence and can also be sorted alphabetically by common name and binomial.
The pygmy cormorant (Microcarbo pygmaeus) is a member of the Phalacrocoracidae family of seabirds. It breeds in south-eastern Europe and south-western Asia . It is partially migratory , with northern populations wintering further south, mostly within its breeding range.
The white-breasted cormorant (Phalacrocorax lucidus) is a species of cormorant closely related to the widely distributed great cormorant.While debate persists over whether it constitutes a distinct species or a regional variant of the great cormorant, its distinguishing features include a white breast and a preference for freshwater habitats among its subpopulations. [2]
This name was coined for the flightless cormorant, which does indeed have small wings. Genetic studies have found that the neotropic and double-crested cormorants form a clade with the flightless cormorant, and they are thus placed together in the genus Nannopterum despite both species having normal-sized wings and full flight capabilities. [4]
Like other cormorant species, the black-faced cormorant is a large aquatic bird, with a long hooked bill, webbed feet, and monochromatic plumage. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] This is one of the largest cormorants found in south-western Australia [ 2 ] and has pied plumage with the upper half of its body black and the undersides white.
The imperial shag or imperial cormorant (Leucocarbo atriceps) is a black and white cormorant native to southern South America, primarily in rocky coastal regions, ...