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Order Species Family Scientific name Breeding subregions Nonbreeding subregions - SULIFORMES   African Darter i    Anhingidae    Anhinga rufa  AF, EU sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar and Near East  Anhinga i    Anhingidae    Anhinga anhinga  NA, MA, SA sc, se USA to n Argentina  Australasian Darter i    Anhingidae    Anhinga novaehollandiae  AU New Guinea and Australia  Oriental Darter (NT)  i U    Anhingidae    Anhinga melanogaster  OR Pakistan to se Asia through Greater Sundas, Sulawesi and Philippines  Ascension Frigatebird (VU)  i    Fregatidae    Fregata aquila  AO se  Christmas Frigatebird (CR)  i    Fregatidae    Fregata andrewsi  IO ne  Great Frigatebird i    Fregatidae    Fregata minor  TrO widespread  Lesser Frigatebird i U    Fregatidae    Fregata ariel  TrO widespread  Magnificent Frigatebird i    Fregatidae    Fregata magnificens  AO, PO Cape Verde Is., Caribbean and e Pacific  Antarctic Shag i    Phalacrocoracidae    Leucocarbo bransfieldensis  SO South Shetland Is. and Antarctic Pen.  Auckland Shag (VU)  i    Phalacrocoracidae    Leucocarbo colensoi  AU Auckland Is. (New Zealand)  Australian Pied Cormorant i    Phalacrocoracidae    Phalacrocorax varius  AU Australia and New Zealand  Bank Cormorant (EN)  i    Phalacrocoracidae    Phalacrocorax neglectus  AF sw coast  Black-faced Cormorant i    Phalacrocoracidae    Phalacrocorax fuscescens  AU s Australian coast  Bounty Shag (VU)  i    Phalacrocoracidae    Leucocarbo ranfurlyi  AU Bounty Is. (New Zealand)  Brandt's Cormorant i    Phalacrocoracidae    Urile penicillatus  NA w coast  Campbell Shag (VU)  i    Phalacrocoracidae    Leucocarbo campbelli  AU Campbell Is. (New Zealand)  Cape Cormorant (EN)  i    Phalacrocoracidae    Phalacrocorax capensis  AF s coasts  Chatham Shag (CR)  i    Phalacrocoracidae    Leucocarbo onslowi  AU Chatham Is. (New Zealand)  Crowned Cormorant (NT)  i    Phalacrocoracidae    Microcarbo coronatus  AF sw coast  Crozet Shag i    Phalacrocoracidae    Leucocarbo melanogenis  SO Prince Edward, Marion and Crozet Is.  Double-crested Cormorant i    Phalacrocoracidae    Nannopterum auritum  NA, MA widespread  European Shag i    Phalacrocoracidae    Gulosus aristotelis  EU w coasts, also n AF  Flightless Cormorant (VU)  i    Phalacrocoracidae    Nannopterum harrisi  SA Galápagos Is.  Foveaux Shag i    Phalacrocoracidae    Leucocarbo stewarti  AU Stewart I., s South I. (New Zealand)  Great Cormorant i    Phalacrocoracidae    Phalacrocorax carbo  EU, AU, OR also ne NA, n AF  Guanay Cormorant i    Phalacrocoracidae    Leucocarbo bougainvillii  SA w coast  Heard Island Shag i    Phalacrocoracidae    Leucocarbo nivalis  SO Heard Is. (Australia; s Indian O.)  Imperial Shag i    Phalacrocoracidae    Leucocarbo atriceps  SA coasts of s South America and Falkland Is.  Indian Cormorant i    Phalacrocoracidae    Phalacrocorax fuscicollis  OR India and se Asia  Japanese Cormorant i    Phalacrocoracidae    Phalacrocorax capillatus  EU ne Asia  Kerguelen Shag i    Phalacrocoracidae    Leucocarbo verrucosus  IO Kerguelen Is. (France; s Indian O.)  Little Black Cormorant i    Phalacrocoracidae    Phalacrocorax sulcirostris  AU widespread, also to Indonesia  Little Cormorant i    Phalacrocoracidae    Microcarbo niger  OR widespread  Little Pied Cormorant i    Phalacrocoracidae    Microcarbo melanoleucos  AU widespread  Macquarie Shag i    Phalacrocoracidae    Leucocarbo purpurascens  SO Macquarie I. and nearby rocks  Neotropic Cormorant i    Phalacrocoracidae    Nannopterum brasilianum  MA, SA widespread, also s USA  New Zealand King Shag (VU)  i    Phalacrocoracidae    Leucocarbo carunculatus  AU Cook Strait (South I., New Zealand)  Otago Shag (VU)  i    Phalacrocoracidae    Leucocarbo chalconotus  AU e South I. (New Zealand)  Pelagic Cormorant i    Phalacrocoracidae    Urile pelagicus  PO n coasts  Pitt Shag (EN)  i    Phalacrocoracidae    Phalacrocorax featherstoni  AU Chatham Is.  Pygmy Cormorant i    Phalacrocoracidae    Microcarbo pygmaeus  EU se Europe  Red-faced Cormorant i    Phalacrocoracidae    Urile urile  PO n coasts  Red-legged Cormorant (NT)  i    Phalacrocoracidae    Poikilocarbo gaimardi  SA w coast  Reed Cormorant i    Phalacrocoracidae    Microcarbo africanus  AF widespread  Rock Shag i    Phalacrocoracidae    Leucocarbo magellanicus  SA s coasts  Socotra Cormorant (VU)  i    Phalacrocoracidae    Phalacrocorax nigrogularis  EU Persian Gulf  South Georgia Shag i    Phalacrocoracidae    Leucocarbo georgianus  SO South Georgia, South Sandwich and South Orkney Is.  Spectacled Cormorant (EX)  i    Phalacrocoracidae    Urile perspicillatus †  EU, NA Bering Sea Is.  Spotted Shag i    Phalacrocoracidae    Phalacrocorax punctatus  AU New Zealand  White-breasted Cormorant i    Phalacrocoracidae    Phalacrocorax lucidus  AF widespread s of Sahara  Abbott's Booby (EN)  i    Sulidae    Papasula abbotti  IO ne  Australasian Gannet i    Sulidae    Morus serrator  AU Australia and New Zealand  Blue-footed Booby i    Sulidae    Sula nebouxii  PO ec  Brown Booby i    Sulidae    Sula leucogaster  TrO widespread  Cape Gannet (EN)  i    Sulidae    Morus capensis  AF s coasts  Masked Booby i    Sulidae    Sula dactylatra  TrO widespread  Nazca Booby i    Sulidae    Sula granti  PO ec  Northern Gannet i    Sulidae    Morus bassanus  AO n  Peruvian Booby i    Sulidae    Sula variegata  SA w coast  Red-footed Booby i    Sulidae    Sula sula  TrO widespread 68%   41 species of 61 (1 extinct).   IUCN Status Codes EX Extinct EW Extinct in the wild CR Critically Endangered EN Endangered VU Vulnerable NT Near Threatened LC Least Concern DD Data deficient NE Not evaluated LC not shown.   Breeding Range Codes AF Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara) AN Antarctica AO Atlantic Ocean AU Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu) EU Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan) IO Indian Ocean LA Latin America (Middle and South America) MA Middle America (Mexico through Panama) NA North America (includes the Caribbean) NO Northern oceans OR Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas) PO Pacific Ocean SA South America SO Southern oceans TO Temperate oceans TrO Tropical oceans Worldwide Worldwide