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Phalacrocorax
Cormorants
Scientific classification
Kingdom
:
Animalia
Phylum
:
Chordata
Class
:
Aves
Order
:
Pelecaniformes
Family
:
Phalacrocoracidae
Genus
:
Phalacrocorax
Species
P. auritus
,
Double-crested cormorant
P. bougainvillii
,
Guanay cormorant[?]
P. carbo
,
Great cormorant[?]
P. olivaceus
,
Olivaceous cormorant[?]
P. pelagicus
,
Pelagic cormorant
P. penicillatus
,
Brandt's cormorant
P. urile
,
Red-faced cormorant[?]
Phalacrocorax
is a
genus
of
birds
that includes all but one of the
species
of the
cormorants
or shags, Phalacrocoracidae. The one cormorant not part of
Phalacrocorax
is the
flightless cormorant[?]
,
Nannopterum[?]
harrisi
.
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