List of cormorants

The International Ornithological Congress (IOC) recognizes these 40 species of cormorants and shags which are distributed among seven genera. One species, spectacled cormorant (formerly called Pallas's cormorant), is extinct.[1]

This list is presented according to the IOC taxonomic sequence and can also be sorted alphabetically by common name and binomial.

Common name | Binomial name | IOC sequence

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Pygmy cormorant | Microcarbo pygmaeus | 1
Reed cormorant | Microcarbo africanus | 2
Crowned cormorant | Microcarbo coronatus | 3
Little cormorant | Microcarbo niger | 4
Little pied cormorant | Microcarbo melanoleucos | 5
Red-legged cormorant | Poikilocarbo gaimardi | 6
Brandt's cormorant | Urile penicillatus | 7
Red-faced cormorant | Urile urile | 8
Pelagic cormorant | Urile pelagicus | 9
Spectacled cormorant | Urile perspicillatus | 10
Bank cormorant | Phalacrocorax neglectus | 11
Socotra cormorant | Phalacrocorax nigrogularis | 12
Pitt shag | Phalacrocorax featherstoni | 13
Spotted shag | Phalacrocorax punctatus | 14
Black-faced cormorant | Phalacrocorax fuscescens | 15
Australian pied cormorant | Phalacrocorax varius | 16
Little black cormorant | Phalacrocorax sulcirostris | 17
Indian cormorant | Phalacrocorax fuscicollis | 18
Cape cormorant | Phalacrocorax capensis | 19
Japanese cormorant | Phalacrocorax capillatus | 20
Great cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | 21
European shag | Gulosus aristotelis | 22
Flightless cormorant | Nannopterum harrisi | 23
Neotropic cormorant | Nannopterum brasilianum | 24
Double-crested cormorant | Nannopterum auritum | 25
Rock shag | Leucocarbo magellanicus | 26
Guanay cormorant | Leucocarbo bougainvilliorum | 27
Bounty shag | Leucocarbo ranfurlyi | 28
New Zealand king shag | Leucocarbo carunculatus | 29
Chatham Islands shag | Leucocarbo onslowi | 30
Stewart Island shag | Leucocarbo chalconotus | 31
Auckland shag | Leucocarbo colensoi | 32
Campbell shag | Leucocarbo campbelli | 33
Imperial shag | Leucocarbo atriceps | 34
South Georgia shag | Leucocarbo georgianus | 35
Crozet shag | Leucocarbo melanogenis | 36
Antarctic shag | Leucocarbo bransfieldensis | 37
Kerguelen shag | Leucocarbo verrucosus | 38
Heard Island shag | Leucocarbo nivalis | 39
Macquarie shag | Leucocarbo purpurascens | 40

## References

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1. ^ Gill, F.; Donsker, D.; Rasmussen, P. (March 2025). "Storks, frigatebirds, boobies, darters, cormorants". IOC World Bird List. v 15.1). Retrieved March 3, 2025.