Cape Cormorant - Phalacrocorax capensis

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Scientific Name Phalacrocorax capensis
Author (Sparrman, 1788)
Taxonomic Rank Species
Taxonomic # 174737
Common Names French: Cormoran du Cap
Portuguese: corvo-marinho-do-cabo
Spanish: Cormorán de El Cabo
English: Cape Cormorant
Current Standing valid
Taxonomic Parents Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Chordata
    Subphylum: Vertebrata
      Class: Aves
        Order: Suliformes
          Family: Phalacrocoracidae
            Genus: Phalacrocorax
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Synonyms (since 1950)

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ITIS TSN174737
Status - ESA, U.S. FWS
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Status - Red List, IUCN
    EN (Global)
#records (spatial)4,849
#records (non-spatial)0
#datasets3
Year1950 - 2007
Latitude-34.78 - -21.72
Longitude13.93 - 32.83
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