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Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) by Daves BirdingPix

And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the thresholds: for he shall uncover the cedar work. (Zephaniah 2:14 KJV)

CLASS – AVES, Order – SULIIFORMES, Family – Phalacrocoracidae – Cormorants, shags

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Genus (3), Species (40), Subspecies

Microcarbo
Little Pied Cormorant (Microcarbo melanoleucos) by WKwong – Video by Nick
____ (Microcarbo melanoleucos melanoleucos)
____ (Microcarbo melanoleucos brevicauda)
____ (Microcarbo melanoleucos brevirostris)
Reed Cormorant (Microcarbo africanus) by Dave’s  – Video by Keith
____ (Microcarbo africanus africanus)
____ (Microcarbo africanus pictilis)
Crowned Cormorant (Microcarbo coronatus)
Little Cormorant (Microcarbo niger) by Nikhil
Pygmy Cormorant (Microcarbo pygmeus)
Phalacrocorax
Red-legged Cormorant (Phalacrocorax gaimardi) by Bob-Nan
Flightless Cormorant (Phalacrocorax harrisi) by Bob-Nan
Bank Cormorant (Phalacrocorax neglectus)
Spotted Shag (Phalacrocorax punctatus) by WKwong
____ (Phalacrocorax punctatus punctatus)
____ (Phalacrocorax punctatus oliveri)
Pitt Shag (Phalacrocorax featherstoni)
Brandt’s Cormorant (Phalacrocorax penicillatus) by Dave’s BirdingPix
Pelagic Cormorant (Phalacrocorax pelagicus) by Dave’s BirdingPix
____ (Phalacrocorax pelagicus pelagicus)
____ (Phalacrocorax pelagicus resplendens)
Red-faced Cormorant (Phalacrocorax urile) by Dave’s BirdingPix
Neotropic Cormorant (Phalacrocorax brasilianus) by Dave’s BirdingPix
____ (Phalacrocorax brasilianus mexicanus)
____ (Phalacrocorax brasilianus brasilianus)
Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) by Dan
____ (Phalacrocorax auritus cincinatus)
____ (Phalacrocorax auritus albociliatus)
____ (Phalacrocorax auritus auritus)
____ (Phalacrocorax auritus floridanus)
____ (Phalacrocorax auritus heuretus)
European Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) ©AGrosset
____ (Phalacrocorax aristotelis aristotelis)
____ (Phalacrocorax aristotelis riggenbachi)
____ (Phalacrocorax aristotelis desmarestii)
Black-faced Cormorant (Phalacrocorax fuscescens) - Video by Nick
Indian Cormorant (Phalacrocorax fuscicollis) by R Scanlon
Little Black Cormorant (Phalacrocorax sulcirostris) ©AGrosset – Video by Nick
Australian Pied Cormorant (Phalacrocorax varius) by Ian – Video by Nick
____ (Phalacrocorax varius hypoleucos)
____ (Phalacrocorax varius varius)
Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) by J Fenton -  Video by Nick
____ (Phalacrocorax carbo carbo)
____ (Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis)
____ (Phalacrocorax carbo hanedae)
____ (Phalacrocorax carbo maroccanus)
____ (Phalacrocorax carbo novaehollandiae)
White-breasted Cormorant (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
Japanese Cormorant (Phalacrocorax capillatus)
Cape Cormorant (Phalacrocorax capensis) by Ian
Socotra Cormorant (Phalacrocorax nigrogularis)
Rock Shag (Phalacrocorax magellanicus) by Dave’s BirdingPix
Leucocarbo
Guanay Cormorant (Leucocarbo bougainvillii) ©AGrosset
Imperial Shag (Leucocarbo atriceps) by WKwong
____ (Leucocarbo atriceps atriceps)
____ (Leucocarbo atriceps albiventer) Dave’s Birding Pix
South Georgia Shag (Leucocarbo georgianus)
Antarctic Shag (Leucocarbo bransfieldensis)
Heard Island Shag (Leucocarbo nivalis)
Crozet Shag (Leucocarbo melanogenis)
Macquarie Shag (Leucocarbo purpurascens)
Kerguelen Shag (Leucocarbo verrucosus) ©J Le Fevre
Rough-faced Shag (Leucocarbo carunculatus)
Bronze Shag (Leucocarbo chalconotus)
Chatham Shag (Leucocarbo onslowi)
Campbell Shag (Leucocarbo campbelli)
Auckland Shag (Leucocarbo colensoi)
Bounty Shag (Leucocarbo ranfurlyi)
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Photographers or Videographers used on this page from our sidebar, Photography, are:
Bob & Nan’s Gallery
Dan’s Pix (Dan)
Dave’s BirdingPix
Keith Blomerley – Videographer
Nick Talbot – Videographer
Nikhil Devasar’s Gallery
Nikhil Devasar’s Gallery-II
Robert Scanlon’s Gallery
William Kwong’s Galleries

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See Also:

Birds of the Bible – Cormorants

Cormorant Videos

Cormorant Videos by Nick and Keith

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