🦋 Family

Phalacrocoracidae

34 species · Animals

Animalia › Chordata › Aves › Suliformes › Phalacrocoracidae

Phalacrocorax magellanicus, the rock shag, is a small black-and-white cormorant that dives shallowly near shore for small fish.

Leucocarbo bougainvilliorum, the guanay cormorant, is a near threatened cormorant that is the main producer of guano.

Phalacrocorax brasilianus is a small slender cormorant that dives to feed on small fish and other aquatic prey.

Flightless cormorant is a flightless, endemic cormorant from Galápagos Islands that hunts marine prey in shallow coastal waters.

Phalacrocorax auritus, the double-crested cormorant, is a large North American waterbird with distinct plumage variation by age and breeding season.

Phalacrocorax aristotelis, the European shag, is a medium-large black seabird with specific breeding ranges and distinguishing features.

Phalacrocorax pelagicus, the pelagic cormorant, is a small North Pacific cormorant with distinct plumage traits.

Phalacrocorax urile, the red-faced cormorant, is a sea bird identifiable by its colored bare facial skin, with specific feeding habits and predators.

Urile penicillatus, or Brandt's cormorant, is a North American Pacific coast seabird with distinct blue breeding throat patches.

The red-legged cormorant is a distinct medium-sized South American coastal seabird with coloured legs and bills.

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