| WI - Cormorant Research Group | Species fact-sheets and accounts | last updated on 19-09-2001 |
How many Cormorants are there ?
Existing and recently extint species
| Family: Phalacrocoracidae | ||||||||
| Subfamily: Phalacrocoracinae | Leucocarboninae | |||||||
| Genus | ||||||||
| Microcarbo | Compsohalieus | Hypoleucus | Phalacrocorax | Leucocarbo | Notocarbo | Nesocarbo | Euleucocarbo | Stictocarbo |
| Species | ||||||||
| africanus | perspicillatus | olivaceus | carbo | nigrogularis | verrucosus | campbelli | carunculatus | magellanicus |
| coronatus | penicillatus | auritus | capillatus | capensis | atriceps | chalconotus | pelagicus | |
| pygmaeus | harrisi | fuscicollis | bougainvillii | bransfieldensis | onslowi | urile | ||
| niger | neglectus | varius | georgianus | colensoi | kenyoni | |||
| melanoleucos | fuscescens | sulcirostris | ranfurlyi | aristotelis | ||||
| gaimardi | ||||||||
| punctatus | ||||||||
| featherstoni | ||||||||
Fossil genera and species
| Family: Phalacrocoracidae | ||||||||
| Pleistocene | Pliocene | Miocene | Oligocene | |||||
| P. pampeanus | P. golentensis | P. inermedius | a still-undescribed genus | |||||
| P. gregorii | P. chapalensis | P. bruhuberi | approaching | |||||
| P. vestustus | P.sericensis | P. ibericum | Phalacrocorax | |||||
| P. macropus | P. idahoensis | P. lautus | ||||||
| P. tanzaniae | P. destefani | P. femoralis | ||||||
| P. macer | P. kennelli | P. mongoliensis | ||||||
| P. rogersi | P. leptopus | P. reliquus | ||||||
| P. ovrei | P. wetmorei | P. marinavis | ||||||
| Stictocarbo kumeyaay | P. anatolicus | |||||||
| P. littoralis | ||||||||
| Nectornis mioceanus | ||||||||
Page create on
10/07/2001
by S. Volponi