Phalacrocorax
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Phalacrocorax carbo
Translingual
Etymology
from Latin phalacrocorax (“coot, cormorant”), from Ancient Greek φαλακρός (phalakrós, “bald”) (from φαλός (phalós, “white”) + ἄκρον (ákron, “top”)) + κόραξ (kórax, “raven”)
Proper noun
Phalacrocorax m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Phalacrocoracidae – cormorants.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Suliformes – order; Phalacrocoracidae – family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Phalacrocorax carbo (great cormorant, great shag) - type species; Phalacrocorax aristotelis (now Gulosus aristotelis, European shag), Phalacrocorax auritus (now Nannopterum auritum, double-crested cormorant), Phalacrocorax brasilianus (now Nannopterum brasilianum, Neotropic cormorant), Phalacrocorax capensis (Cape cormorant), Phalacrocorax capillatus (Japanese cormorant, Temminck's cormornat), Phalacrocorax featherstoni (Pitt shag (Featherston's shag), Phalacrocorax fuscescens (black-faced cormorant), Phalacrocorax fuscicollis (Indian cormorant), Phalacrocorax gaimardi (red-legged cormorant, now Poikilocarbo gaimardi), Phalacrocorax harrisi (now Nannopterum harrisi, flightless cormorant), Phalacrocorax lucidus (white-breasted cormorant), Phalacrocorax magellanicus (now Leucocarbo magellanicus rock shag, Magellanic cormorant), Phalacrocorax neglectus (bank cormorant (Wahlberg's cormorant), Phalacrocorax nigrogularis (Socotra cormorant), Phalacrocorax pelagicus (now Urile pelagicus, pelagic cormorant, Baird's cormorant, violet-green cormorant), Phalacrocorax penicillatus (now Urile penicillatus, Brandt's cormorant), Phalacrocorax punctatus (spotted shag), Phalacrocorax sulcirostris (little black cormorant), Phalacrocorax urile (red-faced cormorant, now Urile urile), Phalacrocorax varius (Australian pied cormorant, yellow-faced cormorant) - extant species
References
Phalacrocorax on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Phalacrocorax on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Phalacrocorax on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN
