Aves - Suliformes - Phalacrocoracidae
Alternative combination: Pelecanus carbo
Synonyms: Australocorax gregorii De Vis 1905, Phalacrocorax gregorii De Vis 1905
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Belongs to Phalacrocorax according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
See also Boles 2010, del Hoyo et al. 2014, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Kilmer and Steadman 2016, Lambrecht 1933, Linnaeus 1758, Louchart et al. 2008, Mlikovsky 2002, Worthy 1998 and Worthy and Nguyen 2020
Sister taxa: Phalacrocorax aristotelis, Phalacrocorax auritus, Phalacrocorax bougainvillii, Phalacrocorax brasilianus, Phalacrocorax capensis, Phalacrocorax capillatus, 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
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Afghanistan (1 collection), Australia (1), the Congo-Kinshasa (1), Egypt (3), Estonia (1), Finland (1), Greece (1), New Zealand (2), Norway (1), the Russian Federation (1), South Africa (3), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (5), United States (1: Florida)
• Pliocene of Chad (1)
• Miocene of Ethiopia (4)
Total: 28 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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