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

Phalacrocorax auritus (Lesson, 1831)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

PhalacrocoraxBrisson, 1760accepted genus name

Species group names

Carbo auritus Lesson, 1831 objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Dutch: geoorde aalscholver sources: Avibase - the world bird database.
 English: double-crested cormorant sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)
 French: cormoran à aigrettes sources: Avibase - the world bird database.
 German: Ohrenscharbe sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Lithuanian: ausuotasis kormoranas sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Polish: kormoran rogaty sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Russian: ушастый баклан sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Slovenian: zlatogrli kormoran sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Spanish, Castillian: cormorán orejudo sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Turkish: kulaklı karabatak sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Ukrainian: Баклан вухатий; Вухатий баклан

Literature

basis of record

Banks, R.C., R.W. McDiarmid, and A.L. Gardner. 1987. Checklist of vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Publication No. 166. 79 p.

additional source

Peterson, R.T.; Peterson, V.M. (2002). A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. Fifth Edition. Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York. 427 p.

additional source

Squires, H. J. (1990). Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 221: 532 p.

additional source

Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68: p.

additional source

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

additional source

Vanner, M. (2003). The encyclopedia of North American birds. Paragon Publishing. 1-383.

additional source

Robbins, C. S. (1983). Golden field Guide to Birds of North America. Golden press. 360p.

additional source

Gallardo, J. C.; Macías, V.; Velarde, E. (2009). Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico. In: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. Pp. 1321–1342.

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Phalacrocorax auritus (Lesson, 1831). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159059

Drs. Cees Roselaar. Phalacrocorax auritus (Lesson, 1831). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/a19e091e-dc62-48b9-9c6d-4eac65a69990

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2011-04-27 by Drs. Cees Roselaar & by Peter Adriaens

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