Phalacrocorax
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Phalacrocorax is a genus of fish-eating birds in the cormorant family Phalacrocoracidae. Members of this genus are also known as the Old World cormorants.[1]
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Phalacrocorax | |
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Great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Suliformes |
Family: | Phalacrocoracidae |
Genus: | Phalacrocorax Brisson, 1760 |
Type species | |
Pelecanus carbo | |
Species | |
12, see text | |
Synonyms | |
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