Cormorants/Shags are in the order of Pelecaniformes and family of Phalacrocoracidae and genus of Phalacrocorax which contains the 42 species of cormorants and shags shown below. Clicking on the common name will take you to more details in Wikipedia. You will have to click on the Coots folder then Comorants to get back. The species with photos are highlighted in red.


Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus
Neotropic Cormorant or Olivaceous Cormorant, Phalacrocorax brasilianus (or Phalacrocorax olivaceus)
Little Black Cormorant, Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
Great Cormorant or Black Shag, Phalacrocorax carbo
White-breasted Cormorant, Phalacrocorax lucidus
Indian Cormorant, Phalacrocorax fuscicollis
Cape Cormorant, Phalacrocorax capensis
Socotra Cormorant, Phalacrocorax nigrogularis
Wahlberg's Cormorant or Bank Cormorant, Phalacrocorax neglectus
Temminck's Cormorant or Japanese Cormorant, Phalacrocorax capillatus
Brandt's Cormorant, Phalacrocorax penicillatus
Spectacled Cormorant, Phalacrocorax perspicillatus - extinct (c.1850)
Common Shag, European Shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis
Pelagic Cormorant or Baird's Cormorant, Phalacrocorax pelagicus
Red-faced Cormorant, Phalacrocorax urile
Rock Shag, Phalacrocorax magellanicus
Guanay Cormorant, Phalacrocorax bougainvillii
Pied Cormorant or Yellow-faced Cormorant, Phalacrocorax varius
Black-faced Cormorant, Phalacrocorax fuscescens
King Shag or Rough-faced Shag, Phalacrocorax carunculatus
Stewart Island Shag, Phalacrocorax chalconotus
Chatham Shag, Phalacrocorax onslowi
Auckland Shag, Phalacrocorax colensoi
Campbell Shag, Phalacrocorax campbelli
Bounty Shag, Phalacrocorax ranfurlyi
Imperial Shag or Blue-eyed Shag, Phalacrocorax atriceps
White-bellied Shag, Phalacrocorax atriceps albiventer
Antarctic Shag, Phalacrocorax bransfieldensis
South Georgia Shag, Phalacrocorax georgianus
Heard Shag, Phalacrocorax nivalis
Crozet Shag, Phalacrocorax melanogenis
Kerguelen Shag, Phalacrocorax verrucosus
Macquarie Shag, Phalacrocorax purpurascens
Red-footed Shag, Phalacrocorax gaimardi
Spotted Shag Phalacrocorax punctatus
Pitt Cormorant or Featherstone's Shag Phalacrocorax featherstoni
Little Pied Cormorant, Little Shag Phalacrocorax melanoleucos
Long-tailed Cormorant, Phalacrocorax africanus
Crowned Cormorant, Phalacrocorax coronatus
Little Cormorant, Phalacrocorax niger
Pygmy Cormorant, Phalacrocorax pygmaeus
Galapagos Flightless Cormorant, Phalacrocorax harrisi


Guanay Cormorant 4393 192Red-Legged Cormorant 4177 192