Cormorants Phalacrocoracidae
The family consists of a single genus. The Chatham Islands Shag Phalacrocorax onslowi is listed as critically endangered. The Flightless Cormorant Phalacrocorax harrisi, Bank Cormorant Phalacrocorax neglectus, and Pitt Island Shag Phalacrocorax featherstoni are all endangered. Another 4 species are near-threatened and 6 are vulnerable.

Phalacrocorax

There are 33 species within this genus.

Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo at Handa Island, Highland, Scotland, June 2009.


European Shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis at St. Abb's Head, Borders, Scotland, June 2009.






Imperial Shags Phalacrocorax atriceps are found along the coasts of southern Chile and Argentina, on the Antarctic Peninsula, and on many islands in the Southern Hemisphere. The Antarctic Shag Phalacrocorax (a.) bransfieldensis, South Georgia Shag Phalacrocorax (a.) georgianus, Heard Island Shag Phalacrocorax (a.) nivalis, Crozet Shag Phalacrocorax (a.) melanogenis, Macquarie Shag Phalacrocorax (a.) purpurascens and Kerguelen Shag Phalacrocorax (a.) verrucosus were all recently lumped with the Imperial Shag. These birds of the nominate race were photographed at Ajax Bay, near San Carlos, Falkland Islands, March 1985.





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