Cormorants - Phalacrocoracidae

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Scientific Name Phalacrocoracidae
Author Reichenbach, 1849
Taxonomic Rank Family
Taxonomic # 174713
Common Names English: Cormorants
English: Shags
Current Standing valid
Taxonomic Parents Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Chordata
    Subphylum: Vertebrata
      Class: Aves
        Order: Suliformes
Taxonomic Children Genus: Gulosus
Genus: Leucocarbo
Genus: Microcarbo
Genus: Nannopterum
Genus: Phalacrocorax
Genus: Poikilocarbo
Genus: Urile
Synonyms (since 1950)

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ITIS TSN174713
Status - ESA, U.S. FWS
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Status - Red List, IUCN
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#records (spatial)710
#records (non-spatial)0
#datasets10
Year1969 - 2020
Latitude-46.04 - 59.18
Longitude-176.83 - 166.41
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