Phalacrocorax Brisson 1760 (cormorant)

Aves - Suliformes - Phalacrocoracidae

Synonyms: Australocorax Lambrecht 1933, Graculus Reichenbach 1850, Pliocarbo Tugarinov 1940, Stictocarbo Bonaparte 1855

Parent taxon: Phalacrocoracidae according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017

See also Baird 1992, Boles 2010, Brodkorb 1955, Brodkorb 1956, Brodkorb 1958, Brodkorb 1963, Brodkorb 1967, Burchak-Abramovich and Nikolov 1984, Carroll 1988, Chandler 1990, Cheneval 1984, Cheneval 1993, de Villalta 1963, del Hoyo et al. 2014, Emslie 1992, Emslie 1995, Galbreath 1953, Gohlich 2003, Guthrie 1992, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Howard 1972, Kurochkin and Ganea 1972, Lambrecht 1933, Louchart et al. 2008, Marsh 1870, Miller and Bowman 1958, Mlikovsky 2002, Moreno and Mercerat 1891, Olson 1985, Shufeldt 1891, Urbina and Stucchi 2005, Wetmore 1933, Wetmore 1940, Wetmore 1943, Wetmore 1956, Worthy and Grant-Mackie 2003 and Worthy and Nguyen 2020

Sister taxa: Borvocarbo, Gulosus, Leucocarbo, Leucocarboninae, Limicorallus, Microcarbo, Miocorax, Nambashag, Nannopterum, Nectornis, Oligocorax, Paracorax, Phalacrocoracinae, Piscator, Poikilocarbo, Urile, Valenticarbo

Subtaxa: Phalacrocorax aristotelis Phalacrocorax auritus Phalacrocorax bougainvillii Phalacrocorax brasilianus Phalacrocorax capensis Phalacrocorax capillatus Phalacrocorax carbo Phalacrocorax carunculatus Phalacrocorax chapalensis Phalacrocorax featherstoni Phalacrocorax femoralis Phalacrocorax filyawi Phalacrocorax fuscescens Phalacrocorax fuscicollis Phalacrocorax goletensis Phalacrocorax ibericus Phalacrocorax idahensis Phalacrocorax intermedius Phalacrocorax kennelli Phalacrocorax lautus Phalacrocorax leptopus Phalacrocorax littoralis Phalacrocorax longipes Phalacrocorax macer Phalacrocorax macropus Phalacrocorax marinavis Phalacrocorax mediterraneus Phalacrocorax mongoliensis Phalacrocorax neglectus Phalacrocorax nigrogularis Phalacrocorax novaezealandiae Phalacrocorax pelagicus Phalacrocorax penicillatus Phalacrocorax perspicillatus Phalacrocorax praecarbo Phalacrocorax punctatus Phalacrocorax purpurascens Phalacrocorax reliquus Phalacrocorax risgoviensis Phalacrocorax rogersi Phalacrocorax serdicensis Phalacrocorax sulcirostris Phalacrocorax varius Phalacrocorax wetmorei Stictocarbo kumeyaay

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Type: Pelecanus carbo

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Afghanistan (1 collection), Argentina (2), Australia (3), Chile (1), the Congo-Kinshasa (1), Cyprus (1), Egypt (3), Estonia (1), Finland (1), Gibraltar (2), Greece (2), Italy (3), Japan (7), Madagascar (1), Mexico (5), Monaco (1), New Zealand (8), North Pacific (1), Norway (1), Peru (2), Portugal (2), the Russian Federation (2), South Africa (4), Spain (2), Tanzania (3), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (8), United States (58: Alaska, California, Florida, New Mexico, Oregon, South Carolina, Virginia)

• Blancan of United States (9: California, Florida)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: California)

• Pliocene of Australia (1), Chad (1), Chile (2), Mongolia (1), Peru (1), South Africa (1), Ukraine (2), United States (5: California, Florida, Idaho, North Carolina)

• Hemphillian of Mexico (1), United States (3: Florida)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Chile (1), United States (1: California)

• Miocene of Austria (1), Bulgaria (1), Chile (1), the Czech Republic (1), Ethiopia (5), France (2), Germany (1), Moldova (1), Peru (6), Slovakia (1), Spain (2), Tunisia (1), Ukraine (1), United States (3: Florida, Oregon)

• Oligocene of United States (2: Colorado, Oregon)

Total: 186 collections including 271 occurrences

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