CormorantsCormorants Index Australasian Darter Black-faced Cormorant Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) Little Black Cormorant (Phalacrocorax sulcirostris)

Cormorants are a group of birds (both coastal and inland) that are recognisable for their slender, long necks and incredible diving skills.

There are a number of forms including the Australasian and African, as well as other recognised geographically distinct subspecies.

Regional Habitat: Antarctica, Arctic, Asia, Europe, Africa, Oceania, North America

Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) and Little Black Cormorant (Phalacrocorax sulcirostris), Redbank Waterhole NT © Dorothy Latimer
Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) and Little Black Cormorant (Phalacrocorax sulcirostris), Redbank Waterhole NT © Dorothy Latimer
Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) and Little Black Cormorant (Phalacrocorax sulcirostris), Redbank Waterhole NT © Dorothy Latimer
Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) and Little Black Cormorant (Phalacrocorax sulcirostris), Redbank Waterhole NT © Dorothy Latimer
Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo), Redbank Waterhole NT © Dorothy Latimer
Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo), Redbank Waterhole NT © Dorothy Latimer
Little Black Cormorant (Phalacrocorax sulcirostris), Redbank Waterhole NT © Dorothy Latimer
Little Black Cormorant (Phalacrocorax sulcirostris), Redbank Waterhole NT © Dorothy Latimer
Black-faced Cormorant (Phalacrocorax fuscescens)
Black-faced Cormorant (Phalacrocorax fuscescens), Moonta SA

This section is under development…


  • Scientific classification
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Chordata
  • Subphylum: Vertebrata
  • Informal: Gnathostomata
  • Class: Aves
  • Order: Pelecaniformes
  • Suborder: Sulae
  • Family: Phalacrocoracidae
  • Genus: Phalacrocorax
  • Subgenus:
    • Phalacrocorax (Anacarbo) Roberts, 1922
    • Phalacrocorax (Phalacrocorax) Brisson, 1760
  • infrageneric Phalacrocorax
  • Species:
    • Phalacrocorax melanoleucos Gould, 1837
    • Phalacrocorax melanoleucos (Vieillot)

Footnote & References

  1. Phalacrocorax Brisson, 1760, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/Phalacrocorax
  2. Old World Cormorants (Genus Phalacrocorax), iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/4263-Phalacrocorax

CormorantsCormorants Index Australasian Darter Black-faced Cormorant Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) Little Black Cormorant (Phalacrocorax sulcirostris)

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