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Phalacrocorax

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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 group of fish-eating birds commonly called Old World cormorants, found primarily in Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia. These birds are notable for their diving abilities and skill at catching fish underwater, making them important members of aquatic ecosystems and historically significant to human fishing practices in some cultures.

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Phalacrocorax

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  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassAves
  4. OrderSuliformes
  5. 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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