Phalacrocorax

Phalacrocorax
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous-Recent
Great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Suliformes
Family: Phalacrocoracidae
Genus: Phalacrocorax
Brisson, 1760
Type species
Pelecanus carbo
Species[1]

12, see text

Synonyms[citation needed]
  • Stictocarbo
  • Nanocorax (partim)
  • Anocarbo

Phalacrocorax is a genus of fish-eating birds in the cormorant family Phalacrocoracidae. Members of this genus are also known as the Old World cormorants.[2]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference kennedy2014 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Old World Cormorants (Genus Phalacrocorax)". iNaturalist NZ. Archived from the original on 2023-06-20. Retrieved 2023-06-20.