About Cormorants, Shags
The Cormorants, Shags are a family of birds (Latin: <em>Phalacrocoracidae</em>) within the order Boobies, Cormorants and Frigatebirds.
Overview
The Cormorants, Shags are a family of birds (Latin: Phalacrocoracidae) within the order Boobies, Cormorants and Frigatebirds. Worldwide the family includes about 7 genera and 34 species. Its members are primarily distributed across Australasia, Africa, the Palearctic. Notable genera include Phalacrocorax, Leucocarbo, Microcarbo. Suliformes unite the boobies and gannets (Sulidae), cormorants and shags (Phalacrocoracidae), the anhingas (Anhingidae) and the frigatebirds (Fregatidae), 54 mainly tropical seabirds and waterbirds.
Classification
Family: Phalacrocoracidae (Cormorants, Shags); Order: Boobies, Cormorants and Frigatebirds; about 7 genera and 34 species.
Distribution
Primarily across Australasia, Africa, the Palearctic.
