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User Albums Favorites www.BirdPhotos.com Genus Phalacrocorax       IUCN and region codes at bottom of page. Species Family Scientific name Breeding Regions Breeding Subregions Nonbreeding Subregions - SULIFORMES   Australian Pied Cormorant i    Phalacrocoracidae    Phalacrocorax varius  AU coastal and inland Australia and North, South and Stewart is. (New Zealand)  Bank Cormorant (EN)  i    Phalacrocoracidae    Phalacrocorax neglectus  AF sw coastal Africa: wc Namibia to s tip of s Africa  Black-faced Cormorant i    Phalacrocoracidae    Phalacrocorax fuscescens  AU coasts of s WA to se NSW, Bass Strait is. and Tasmania (s Australia)  Cape Cormorant (EN)  i    Phalacrocoracidae    Phalacrocorax capensis  AF s coastal Africa: s Angola to s tip of Africa  Great Cormorant i    Phalacrocoracidae    Phalacrocorax carbo  PAL, AU, OR, NA, AF worldwide in temperate and tropical zones, coastal and inland, except only nw coast of Africa and in West Hemisphere nw North Atlantic coast only  Indian Cormorant i    Phalacrocoracidae    Phalacrocorax fuscicollis  OR patchily inland, Indus Valley (c Pakistan), w, s, ne India, Sri Lanka, s Myanmar, s Cambodia and s Vietnam  Japanese Cormorant i    Phalacrocoracidae    Phalacrocorax capillatus  PAL ne Asian coasts: se Russia including Sakhalin, s Kuril Is., Hokkaido to Kyushu (n to s Japan), Korean Pen. and ne China to Izu Is., n Ryukyu Is. (=Nansei Shoto; se, sw Japan), coastal e China and Taiwan  Little Black Cormorant i    Phalacrocoracidae    Phalacrocorax sulcirostris  OR, AU coastal and inland Java and Sulawesi through New Guinea region, sw, e Australia including Tasmania, New Caledonia and North I. (New Zealand)  Pitt Shag (EN)  i    Phalacrocoracidae    Phalacrocorax featherstoni  AU Chatham Is. (e of South I., New Zealand)  Socotra Cormorant (VU)  i    Phalacrocoracidae    Phalacrocorax nigrogularis  PAL, AF Persian Gulf, Arabian Sea (off Oman), Gulf of Aden, Socotra and perhaps Red Sea (off Eritrea)  Spotted Shag i    Phalacrocoracidae    Phalacrocorax punctatus  AU coastal North, South and Stewart is. (New Zealand)  White-breasted Cormorant i    Phalacrocoracidae    Phalacrocorax lucidus  AF widespread inland ne to sw Sub-Saharan Africa 91%   11 species of 12 (0 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) PAL 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