Birds of the World

    SULIFORMES: Phalacrocoracidae (Cormorants, Shags)  
Genus: Phalacrocorax (12 species)


Cape Cormorant
Cape Cormorant (Phalacrocorax capensis) Endangered
Range: AF: s coastal Africa: s Angola to s tip of Africa
South Africa  
 
Photograph by Graham Searll   © All Rights Reserved.


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Japanese Cormorant (Phalacrocorax capillatus)
Range: PAL: ne Asian coasts: se Russia including Sakhalin, s Kuril Is., Hokkaido to Kyushu (n to s Japan), Korean Pen. and ne China
 



Great Cormorant
Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo novaehollandiae)
Range: PAL, AU, OR, NA, AF: worldwide in temperate and tropical zones, coastal and inland, except only nw coast of Africa and in West Hemisphere nw North Atlantic coast only
Austin's Ferry, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia  
   
Photograph by JJ Harrison     Copyright and usage info


Pitt Shag
Pitt Shag (Phalacrocorax featherstoni) Endangered
Range: AU: Chatham Is. (e of South I., New Zealand)
Chatham Island, New Zealand  
 
Photograph by Bradley Hacker   © All Rights Reserved.


Black-faced Cormorant
Black-faced Cormorant (Phalacrocorax fuscescens)
Range: AU: coasts of s WA to se NSW, Bass Strait is. and Tasmania (s Australia)
Derwent River Estuary, Tasmania, Australia  
 
Photograph by JJ Harrison     Copyright and usage info


Indian Cormorant
Indian Cormorant (Phalacrocorax fuscicollis)
Range: OR: patchily inland, Indus Valley (c Pakistan), w, s, ne India, Sri Lanka, s Myanmar, s Cambodia and s Vietnam
Laem Pak Bia, Phetchaburi, Thailand  
 
Photograph by JJ Harrison     Copyright and usage info


White-breasted Cormorant
White-breasted Cormorant (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
Range: AF: widespread inland ne to sw Sub-Saharan Africa
Lake Naivasha, Kenya  
 
Photograph by Rainbirder (Steve Garvie)     Copyright and usage info

White-breasted Cormorant
White-breasted Cormorant (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
Range: AF: widespread inland ne to sw Sub-Saharan Africa
Djoudj NP, Senegal  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info


Bank Cormorant
Bank Cormorant (Phalacrocorax neglectus) Endangered
Range: AF: sw coastal Africa: wc Namibia to s tip of s Africa
South Africa  
 
Photograph by Graham Searll   © All Rights Reserved.

Bank Cormorant
Bank Cormorant (Phalacrocorax neglectus) Endangered
Range: AF: sw coastal Africa: wc Namibia to s tip of s Africa
West Cape, South Africa  
 
Photograph by Graham Searll   © All Rights Reserved.


Socotra Cormorant
Socotra Cormorant (Phalacrocorax nigrogularis) Vulnerable
Range: PAL, AF: Persian Gulf, Arabian Sea (off Oman), Gulf of Aden, Socotra and perhaps Red Sea (off Eritrea)
United Arab Emirates  
 
Photograph by Mohd Khorshed     Copyright and usage info


Spotted Shag
Spotted Shag (Phalacrocorax punctatus)
Range: AU: coastal North, South and Stewart is. (New Zealand)
Katiki Point, New Zealand  
 
Photograph by Bradley Hacker   © All Rights Reserved.


Little Black Cormorant
Little Black Cormorant (Phalacrocorax sulcirostris)
Range: OR, AU: coastal and inland Java and Sulawesi through New Guinea region, sw, e Australia including Tasmania, New Caledonia and North I. (New Zealand)
Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve, Middle Point, Northern Territory, Australia  
 
Photograph by Geoff Whalan     Copyright and usage info


Australian Pied Cormorant
Australian Pied Cormorant (Phalacrocorax varius hypoleucos)
Range: AU: coastal and inland Australia and North, South and Stewart is. (New Zealand)
Boat Harbour, New South Wales, Australia  
 
Photograph by JJ Harrison     Copyright and usage info

Larger than the Little Pied Cormorant, with yellow in front of the eye and black thighs.


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