Cormorants
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Pelecaniformes
Family: Phalacrocoracidae
Genus: Phalacrocorax
Species
see cormorant
Phalacrocorax is a genus of birds that includes all but three of the species of the cormorants or shags, Phalacrocoracidae. The exception are the Galapagos Flightless cormorant, the Kerguelen Shag and the Imperial Shag.