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Phalacrocoracidae  Reichenbach, 1849
Taxonomic Serial No.: 174713

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Cormorants [English]
  
    Shags [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2025   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAves  – Birds, oiseaux  
                         OrderSuliformes   
                            FamilyPhalacrocoracidae Reichenbach, 1849 – Cormorants, Shags  
    Direct Children:  
                               GenusGulosus Montagu, 1813  
                               GenusLeucocarbo Bonaparte, 1856  
                               GenusMicrocarbo Bonaparte, 1856  
                               GenusNannopterum Sharpe, 1899  
                               GenusPhalacrocorax Brisson, 1760 – Cormorants 
                               GenusPoikilocarbo Boetticher, 1935  
                               GenusUrile Bonaparte, 1856  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alan P. Peterson, M.D.   
  Notes: PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999   
  Reference for: Phalacrocoracidae    
       
  Expert: Richard C. Banks   
  Notes: Chief, Bird Section, U.S.G.S. - B.R.D. - P.W.R.C.   
  Reference for: Phalacrocoracidae    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: IOC World Bird List (version 15.1), website (version 15.1)  
  Acquired: 2025   
  Notes: Gill, F., D. Donsker, and P. Rasmussen, eds. 2025. IOC World Bird List (v 15.1. Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org [Accessed 28 Feb 2025].   
  Reference for: Phalacrocoracidae   
       
  Source: IOC World Bird List, Master List v2.9, website (version 2.9)  
  Acquired: 2011   
  Notes: Master list and sub-lists are maintained at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/names.html, and 'virtually replace' Gill & Wright 2006 (Birds of the World, Recommended English Names)   
  Reference for: Phalacrocoracidae, Cormorants [English], Shags [English]   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Phalacrocoracidae   
       
  Source: Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource, 2011.01.03, website (version 03-Jan-11)  
  Acquired: 2011   
  Notes: "Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource" maintained by Alan P. Peterson at http://www.zoonomen.net   
  Reference for: Phalacrocoracidae   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Reichenbach, H.G.L.   
  Publication Date: 1849   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Avium Systema Naturale. Das natürliche System der Vögel mit hundert Tafelngrösentheils Orginal-Abbildungen der bis jetzt entdeckten fast zwölfhundert typischen Formen. Vorläufer einer Iconographie der Arten der Vögel aller Welttheile   
  Page(s): pll. I-LI   
  Publisher: Zoological Museum of Dresden   
  Publication Place: Leipzig, Germany   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes: Available online via Biodiversity Heritage Library at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47618353   
  Reference for: original description   
       

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