Cormorants and Shags

Phalacrocoracidae

34 species in the eBird taxonomy. Pages with photos and calls are below; the rest of the family is listed after them.

Other species in the family

  • Crowned Cormorant Microcarbo coronatus
  • Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus
  • Red-legged Cormorant Poikilocarbo gaimardi
  • Red-faced Cormorant Urile urile
  • Pelagic Cormorant Urile pelagicus
  • Pallas's Cormorant Urile perspicillatus
  • Bank Cormorant Phalacrocorax neglectus
  • Cape Cormorant Phalacrocorax capensis
  • Japanese Cormorant Phalacrocorax capillatus
  • Socotra Cormorant Phalacrocorax nigrogularis
  • Spotted Shag Phalacrocorax punctatus
  • Pitt Island Shag Phalacrocorax featherstoni
  • Black-faced Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscescens
  • Flightless Cormorant Nannopterum harrisi
  • Magellanic Cormorant Leucocarbo magellanicus
  • Guanay Cormorant Leucocarbo bougainvilliorum
  • Bounty Islands Shag Leucocarbo ranfurlyi
  • New Zealand King Shag Leucocarbo carunculatus
  • Stewart Island Shag Leucocarbo chalconotus
  • Chatham Islands Shag Leucocarbo onslowi
  • Auckland Islands Shag Leucocarbo colensoi
  • Campbell Islands Shag Leucocarbo campbelli
  • Imperial Cormorant Leucocarbo atriceps

Taxonomy: eBird.org (Cornell Lab of Ornithology).