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Phalacrocorax

Also known as cormorant genus

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.

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Phalacrocorax is a taxon of genus rank within the family Phalacrocoracidae. It belongs to the class Aves, phylum Chordata, and kingdom Animalia. The genus was described by Brisson in 1760. Its order is listed as Suliformes in some records and Pelecaniformes in others. The taxon has an accepted status.

The organisms in this genus inhabit marine, brackish, and freshwater environments. One common name associated with the group is the Double-crested Cormorant. The taxon is not considered extinct. Records indicate a high volume of observations, with one source citing 199,191 observations and another listing 21,743,924 occurrences. The genus is referenced by 130 other encyclopedia articles.

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Phalacrocorax

GENUS

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderSuliformes
FamilyPhalacrocoracidae

Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater

Observations199,191

Observations recorded21,743,924

Phalacrocorax is een geslacht van vogels uit de familie van de aalscholvers (Phalacrocoracidae). De wetenschappelijke naam van het geslacht is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1760 door Brisson. Dit geslacht telt hier 22 soorten Echter, over deze indeling is geen consensus. Vaak worden de soorten uit de hier afgesplitste geslachten Leucocarbo en Microcarbo ook tot dit geslacht gerekend. Uit DNA-onderzoek naar de taxonomie van de vogels blijkt dat de soorten van de familie van de Aalscholvers verdeeld zijn in verschillende clades die binnen de klassieke Linnaeustaxonomie lastige zijn te plaatsen.

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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.

== Taxonomy== The genus Phalacrocorax was introduced by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760 with the great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) as the type species. Phalacrocorax is the Latin word for a cormorant.

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