Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Aves > Order Pelecaniformes > Family Phalacrocoracidae > Genus Phalacrocorax

Phalacrocorax aristotelis (Linnaeus, 1761)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Pelecanus Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Phalacrocorax*	Brisson, 1760	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Pelecanus aristotelis*	Linnaeus, 1761	objective synonym

Children

Phalacrocorax aristotelis desmarestii (Payraudeau, 1826)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: karabullaku me çafkë; vrançi me çafkë sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Bokmål (Norwegian): toppskarv sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Bulgarian: Среден корморан sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Danish: topskarv sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: kuifaalscholver sources: Cattrijsse, A.; Vincx, M. (2001). Biodiversity of the benthos and the avifauna of the Belgian coastal waters: summary of data collected between 1970 and 1998. Sustainable Management of the North Sea. Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs: Brussel, Belgium. 48 pp.

English: European shag; shag sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms

English-United States: European Shag; Shag sources: Charles Hussey

French: cormoran huppé sources: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.

Gaelic: seaga sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Galician: Seaga

German: Krähenscharbe sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Ευρωπαϊκός Θαλασσοκόρακας sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Irish: Seaga sources: Nash, Roisin (FaEu - Ecological Consultancy Services Ltd (Ecoserve))

Israel (Hebrew): קורמורן ימי sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: kuoduotasis kormoranas sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: toppskarv sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: toppskarv sources: Fauna Svecica ed. 2 p. 23

Norwegian Nynorsk: toppskarv sources: Fauna Svecica ed. 2 p. 23

Nynorsk (Norwegian): toppskarv sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: kormoran czubaty sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Romanian: cormoranul comun sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: хохлатый баклан sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Scottish: seaga sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: vranjek sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: cormorán moñudo sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: toppskarv sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: tepeli karabatak sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Баклан чубатий; Чубатий баклан sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: mulfran werdd

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1761). Fauna Suecica sistens Animalia Sueciae Regni: Mammalia, Aves, Amphibia, Pisces, Insecta, Vermes. Distributa per Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Differentiis Specierum, Synonymis Auctorum, Nominibus Incolarum, Locis Natalium, Descriptionibus insectorum. Editio altera, auctior. Stockholmiae: L. Salvii, 48 + 578 pp.
basis of record	van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 375-376
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].
additional source	Cattrijsse, A.; Vincx, M. (2001). Biodiversity of the benthos and the avifauna of the Belgian coastal waters: summary of data collected between 1970 and 1998. Sustainable Management of the North Sea. Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs: Brussel, Belgium. 48 pp.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (27 nucleotides; 11 proteins)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications)
Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
Marine Life Information Network - UK
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Phalacrocorax aristotelis (Linnaeus, 1761). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137178

Drs Cees Roselaar. Phalacrocorax aristotelis (Linnaeus, 1761). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96621