Species Identification: Find Species

Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)	Year
Leucocarbo carunculatus	New Zealand king shag	Southwest Pacific	76 TL	1789
Phalacrocorax africanus	Crowned cormorant	Eastern Atlantic, Western	50 TL	1789
Phalacrocorax albiventer	King cormorant	Southeast Pacific and Sou		1831
Phalacrocorax aristotelis	European shag	Arctic, Northeast Atlanti	72 TL	1761
Phalacrocorax atriceps	Imperial shag	Southern Atlantic and the	72 TL	1828
Phalacrocorax auritus	Double-crested cormorant	Western Atlantic and East	90 TL	1831
Phalacrocorax bougainvillii	Guanay cormorant	Southeast Pacific	76 TL	1837
Phalacrocorax brasilianus	Neotropic cormorant	Western Atlantic	56 TL	1789
Phalacrocorax campbelli	Campbell shag	Southwest Pacific	63 TL	1878
Phalacrocorax capensis	Cape cormorant	Southeast Atlantic.	63 TL	1788
Phalacrocorax capillatus	Japanese cormorant	Arctic Ocean and Northwes	92 TL	1850
Phalacrocorax carbo	Great cormorant	Indo-West Pacific, Medite	101 TL	1758
Phalacrocorax chalconotus	Stewart Island shag	Southwest Pacific	68 TL	1845
Phalacrocorax colensoi	Auckland Island shag	Southwest Pacific	63 TL	1888
Phalacrocorax featherstoni	Pitt Island shag	Southwest Pacific	63 TL	1873
Phalacrocorax fuscescens	Black-faced cormorant	Eastern Indian Ocean	69 TL	1817
Phalacrocorax fuscicollis	Indian cormorant	Indo-West Pacific	65 TL	1826
Phalacrocorax gaimardi	Red-legged cormorant	Southeast Pacific and Sou	76 TL	1828
Phalacrocorax georgianus	South Georgia shag	Atlantic Antarctic	72 TL	1906
Phalacrocorax harrisi	Flightless cormorant	Southeast Pacific	99 TL	1898
Phalacrocorax magellanicus	Rock cormorant	Southwest Atlantic	66 TL	1789
Phalacrocorax melanoleucos	Little pied cormorant	Western Pacific		1817
Phalacrocorax neglectus	Bank cormorant	Southeast Atlantic and We	76 TL	1855
Phalacrocorax niger	Little cormorant	Indo-West Pacific. Tropi		1817
Phalacrocorax nigrogularis	Socotra cormorant	Western Indian Ocean.	80 TL	1899
Phalacrocorax onslowi	Chatham Island shag	Southwest Pacific	63 TL	1893
Phalacrocorax pelagicus	Pelagic cormorant	Pacific Ocean, Atlantic O	68 TL	1811
Phalacrocorax penicillatus	Brandt's cormorant	Eastern Pacific	89 TL	1837
Phalacrocorax punctatus	Spotted shag	Southwest Pacific	69 TL	1786
Phalacrocorax purpurascens	Macquarie shag	Southwest Pacific		1837
Phalacrocorax pygmaeus	Pygmy cormorant	Western Indian Ocean, Nor		1773
Phalacrocorax ranfurlyi	Bounty Island shag	Southwest Pacific	71 TL	1901
Phalacrocorax sulcirostris	Little black cormorant	Western Pacific		1837
Phalacrocorax urile	Red-faced cormorant	Northeast Atlantic, North	84 TL	1789
Phalacrocorax varius	Pied cormorant	Indo-West Pacific	75 TL	1789
Phalacrocorax verrucosus	Kerguelen shag	Antarctic Indian Ocean	65 TL	1875

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Species Identification: Find Species

Family: Phalacrocoracidae cormorants(See list of species below)

Family: Phalacrocoracidae cormorants

(See list of species below)