Phalacrocoracidae

Phalacrocorax carbo.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pelecaniformes
Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Classis: Aves Informal group: Saurornithes Cladus: Ornithothoraces Cladus: Ornithurae Subclassis: Carinatae Infraclassis: Neornithes Parvclassis: Neognathae Ordo: Pelecaniformes

Familia: Phalacrocoracidae
Genera (1 + 1†): Phalacrocorax – †Nambashag

Name

Phalacrocoracidae Reichenbach, 1850

Selected references

• Kennedy, M.; Gray, R.D.; Spencer H.G. 2000: The phylogenetic relationships of the shags and cormorants: can sequence data resolve a disagreement between behavior and morphology? Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 17(3): 345-359. doi: 10.1006/mpev.2000.0840 reference page 
• Worthy, T.H. 2011: Descriptions and phylogenetic relationships of a new genus and two new species of Oligo-Miocene cormorants (Aves: Phalacrocoracidae) from Australia. Zoological journal of the Linnean Society, 163(1): 277–314. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00693.x

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Kormorante
català: Corb marí
dansk: Skarver
Deutsch: Kormorane
English: cormorants, shags
español: Cormoranes
français: Cormoran
Gàidhlig: Sgarbh-beag
hrvatski: Vranci
Ido: Kormorano
עברית: קורמורן ימי
lietuvių: Kormoraniniai
македонски: Корморани
Nederlands: Aalscholvers
日本語: ウ科
norsk bokmål: Skarver
polski: Kormoranowate
português: Cormorão
slovenščina: Kormorani
suomi: Merimetsot
svenska: Skarvar
ไทย: นกกาน้ำ
Türkçe: Karabatakgiller
中文: 鸬鹚科

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