Bird families · Suliformes
Cormorants, Shags
Phalacrocoracidae · 34 species
Cormorants, Shags (Phalacrocoracidae) is a family of 34 bird species in the order Suliformes. They live mostly in marine, wetland, coastal habitats. The smallest is the Little Cormorant and the largest the Flightless Cormorant.
- Auckland Shag Leucocarbo colensoi
- Australian Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius
- Bank Cormorant Phalacrocorax neglectus
- Black-faced Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscescens
- Bounty Shag Leucocarbo ranfurlyi
- Brandt's Cormorant Urile penicillatus
- Campbell Shag Leucocarbo campbelli
- Cape Cormorant Phalacrocorax capensis
- Chatham Islands Shag Leucocarbo onslowi
- Crowned Cormorant Microcarbo coronatus
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritus
- European Shag Gulosus aristotelis
- Flightless Cormorant Nannopterum harrisi
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Guanay Cormorant Leucocarbo bougainvilliorum
- Imperial Shag Leucocarbo atriceps
- Indian Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscicollis
- Japanese Cormorant Phalacrocorax capillatus
- Kerguelen Islands Shag Leucocarbo verrucosus
- Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
- Little Cormorant Microcarbo niger
- Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianus
- New Zealand King Shag Leucocarbo carunculatus
- Pelagic Cormorant Urile pelagicus
- Pitt Shag Phalacrocorax featherstoni
- Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus
- Red-faced Cormorant Urile urile
- Red-legged Cormorant Poikilocarbo gaimardi
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Rock Shag Leucocarbo magellanicus
- Socotra Cormorant Phalacrocorax nigrogularis
- Spotted Shag Phalacrocorax punctatus
- Stewart Island Shag Leucocarbo chalconotus