Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Aves > Order Pelecaniformes > Family Phalacrocoracidae > Genus Phalacrocorax

Phalacrocorax carbo (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Pelecanus Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Phalacrocorax*	Brisson, 1760	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Pelecanus carbo*	Linnaeus, 1758	objective synonym

Children

Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis (Blumenbach, 1798)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: karabullaku i deti; korb uji; vrançi i madh sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Bokmål (Norwegian): storskarv sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Danish: skarv sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: aalscholver sources: Cattrijsse, A.; Vincx, M. (2001). Biodiversity of the benthos and the avifauna of the Belgian coastal waters: summary of data collected between 1970 and 1998. Sustainable Management of the North Sea. Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs: Brussel, Belgium. 48 pp.

English: common cormorant; cormorant; great cormorant; long-tailed cormorant sources: Harrison, P. (1985). Seabirds: an identification guide. Revised edition. Christopher Helm Publisher. A & C Black: London, UK. ISBN 0-7136-3510-X. 448 pp.;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS);Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. Academic Press, London.

English-United States: Cormorant; Great Cormorant sources: Charles Hussey

French: grand cormoran sources: Jonsson, L. (1993). Vogels van Europa, Noord-Afrika en het Midden-Oosten [Birds of Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-187-6. 560 pp.

Gaelic: broigheal sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Galician: Broigheal

German: Kormoran sources: Jonsson, L. (1993). Vogels van Europa, Noord-Afrika en het Midden-Oosten [Birds of Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-187-6. 560 pp.

Greek: Ευρωπαϊκός Κορμοράνος sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Irish: Broigheal sources: Nash, Roisin (FaEu - Ecological Consultancy Services Ltd (Ecoserve))

Israel (Hebrew): קורמורן גדול sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: didysis kormoranas sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: storskarv sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: storskarv sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 133

Norwegian Nynorsk: storskarv sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 133

Nynorsk (Norwegian): storskarv sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: kormoran; Kormoran czarny sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Romanian: cormoranul mare sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: большой баклан sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Scottish: broigheal sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: kormoran sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: cormorán grande sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: storskarv sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: karabatak sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Баклан великий; Великий баклан sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: mulfran

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp.
basis of record	van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 375-376
additional source	Banks, R.C., R.W. McDiarmid, and A.L. Gardner. 1987. Checklist of vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Publication No. 166. 79 p.
additional source	Field Guide to Birds of North America 1983
additional source	Grand Manan Whale and Seabird Research Station.
additional source	Peterson, R.T. and V.M. Peterson. 2002. A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. Fifth Edition. Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York. 427 p.
additional source	Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. Academic Press, London.
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].
additional source	Linkletter, L.E. 1977. A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68 p.
additional source	Squires, H.J. 1990. Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 221. 532 p.
additional source	Vanner, M. 2003. The encyclopedia of North American birds. Paragon Publishing. Bath. 383 p.
additional source	King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 431-554.
additional source	Gallardo, J. C., V. Macías, and E. Velarde. 2009. Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1321–1342 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	ITIS database
additional source	Cattrijsse, A.; Vincx, M. (2001). Biodiversity of the benthos and the avifauna of the Belgian coastal waters: summary of data collected between 1970 and 1998. Sustainable Management of the North Sea. Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs: Brussel, Belgium. 48 pp.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (1015 publications)
Barcode of Life (20 barcodes)
GenBank (1516 nucleotides; 69 proteins)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Phalacrocorax carbo (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137179

Drs Cees Roselaar. Phalacrocorax carbo (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96618