Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Superclass Reptilia > Class Aves > Order Pelecaniformes > Family Phalacrocoracidae

Phalacrocorax Brisson, 1760

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Phalacrocorax aristotelis (Linnaeus, 1761)
Phalacrocorax auritus (Lesson, 1831)
Phalacrocorax carbo (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phalacrocorax pygmaeus (Pallas, 1773)
Phalacrocorax pygmeus (Pallas, 1773)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Japanese: ウ属

Literature

original description

Brisson, M.-J.; Dwight, J.; Laetvaerennydt; Martinet, F. N.; Tucker, M. B.; Vaernewyck. (1760). Ornithologie, ou, Méthode contenant la division des oiseaux en ordres, sections, genres, especes & leurs variétés : a laquelle on a joint une description exacte de chaque espece, avec les citations des auteurs qui en ont traité, les noms quils leur ont donnés, ceux que leur ont donnés les différentes nations, & les noms vulgaires. 6: 1-543, pls: I-VI.

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

Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman. (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. Academic Press, London.

additional source

Jonsson, L. (1993). Vogels van Europa, Noord-Afrika en het Midden-Oosten [Birds of Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-187-6. 560 pp.

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Phalacrocorax Brisson, 1760. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137054

Drs. Cees Roselaar. Phalacrocorax Brisson, 1760. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/5c352ab8-de8a-41e7-ae17-8422cda9c28c

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2017-12-05 by Drs. Cees Roselaar & by Mark Tasker

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