Cormorants, Shags - Phalacrocoracidae

Bird family - Until recently, the genera of cormorants and the distinctions between "shags" and "cormorants" have remained mostly unresolved due to conflicts among studies and missing taxa (Siegel-Causey 1988; Kennedy et al. 2000; Christidis & Boles 2008). We follow the comprehensive phylogenetic studies of Kennedy & Spencer (2014) and Kennedy et al. (2019) in resequencing this family. Generic revisions were accepted for the North American species by NACC (Chesser et al. 2021) but narrowly declined by SACC (Proposal 648).

Phalacrocoracidae

Poikilocarbo Red-legged Cormorant

Microcarbo Pygmy Cormorant

Microcarbo Reed Cormorant

Microcarbo Crowned Cormorant

Microcarbo Little Cormorant

Microcarbo Little Pied Cormorant

Urile Brandt's Cormorant

Urile Red-faced Cormorant

Urile Pelagic Cormorant

Urile Spectacled Cormorant

Gulosus European Shag

Phalacrocorax Pitt Shag

Phalacrocorax Spotted Shag

Phalacrocorax Bank Cormorant

Phalacrocorax Black-faced Cormorant

Phalacrocorax Socotra Cormorant

Phalacrocorax Australian Pied Cormorant

Phalacrocorax Japanese Cormorant

Phalacrocorax Cape Cormorant

Phalacrocorax Little Black Cormorant

Phalacrocorax White-breasted Cormorant

Phalacrocorax Indian Cormorant

Phalacrocorax Great Cormorant

Nannopterum Flightless Cormorant

Nannopterum Neotropic Cormorant

Nannopterum Double-crested Cormorant

Leucocarbo Rock Shag

Leucocarbo Guanay Cormorant

Leucocarbo Bounty Shag

Leucocarbo New Zealand King Shag

Leucocarbo Chatham Shag

Leucocarbo Foveaux Shag

Leucocarbo Otago Shag

Leucocarbo Campbell Shag

Leucocarbo Auckland Shag

Leucocarbo Imperial Shag

Leucocarbo Antarctic Shag

Leucocarbo South Georgia Shag

Leucocarbo Heard Island Shag

Leucocarbo Kerguelen Shag

Leucocarbo Crozet Shag

Leucocarbo Macquarie Shag