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Phalacrocorax

Cormorants

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Pelecaniformes
Family:	Phalacrocoracidae
Genus:	Phalacrocorax

Species

P. auritus, Double-crested cormorant
P. bougainvillii, Guanay cormorant[?]
P. carbo, Great cormorant[?]
P. olivaceus, Olivaceous cormorant[?]
P. pelagicus, Pelagic cormorant
P. penicillatus, Brandt's cormorant
P. urile, Red-faced cormorant[?]

Phalacrocorax is a genus of birds that includes all but one of the species of the cormorants or shags, Phalacrocoracidae. The one cormorant not part of Phalacrocorax is the flightless cormorant[?], Nannopterum[?] harrisi.

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