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Cormorant

Phalacrocoracidae is a family of approximately 40 species of aquatic birds found worldwide and commonly known as cormorants and shags. Several different classifications of the family have been proposed, but in 2021 the International Ornithologists' Union (IOU) adopted a consensus taxonomy of seven genera.

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Cormorant

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related to Cormorant fishing · 30
Cormorant → Aichi, Ancient Egypt, Archaeological, China, Chinese, Doiran Lake, Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, Guangxi, Humans, In, In Europe, In Gifu, In Guilin, In Japan, India, Inuyama, James VI, Japan, Japanese
related to Names · 21
Cormorant → André Thévet, As, English-speaking, European, Gerard Frederick, Germanic, Great Britain, Gulosus, In, Indeed, Ireland, Latin, Middle Ages, New Zealand, No, Phalacrocorax, Shag, Sometimes, Tets, The
related to External links · 16
Cormorant → Argentina, Chatham Island, Conservation, Department, First, Internet Bird Collection, National Research Council, New Zealand, PDF, Pitt Island, Recovery, Retrieved, September, WCS, Wellington, Wildlife Conservation Society
related to In folklore, literature, and art · 15
Cormorant → Christian, Cormorants, Eden, For, Garden, In, In Paradise Lost, Liverpool, Loppa, Norwegian, Røst, Satan, Scandinavian, Skjervøy, The
related to Taxonomy · 15
Cormorant → Ahlquist, Ahlquist's, Ancient Greek, Ciconiiformes, Latinised, Mediterranean, Notwithstanding, Pelecaniformes, Phalacrocoracidae, Phalacrocorax, Sibley, Sulidae, The, Their, This
related to Description · 12
Cormorant → Cormorants, Many, Microcarbo, Nannopterum, Nearly, New Zealand, Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere, The, Their, They, Urile
related to Evolution and fossil record · 12
Cormorant → Antarctic, Even, Gondwanan, Hence, However, Indian Ocean, Leucocarbonines, Pacific, Phalacrocoracines, Sulae, The, While
related to Behaviour · 10
Cormorant → After, All, Alternate, Antarctic, Imperial, Some, Still, The, They, Under
related to Cormorant culling · 9
Cormorant → Birds, Cormorant Defenders International, Culling, Historically, It, National Audubon Society, Opponents, Sea Shepherd, Since
see also · 1
Cormorant → AnhingaCormorant

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phalacrocorax cormorants species late early family pliocene nannopterum shags microcarbo miocene bird may gulosus us birds urile great shag leucocarbo

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the imperial shag complexinstance ofor to split off a few species0.80text
the National Audubon Societyinstance ofOpponents of cormorant culling include conservation groups0.80text
Cormorant Defenders Internationalinstance ofOpponents of cormorant culling include conservation groups0.80text
Sea Shepherd.Cormorant fishingHumans have used cormorants' fishing skills in various places in the worldinstance ofOpponents of cormorant culling include conservation groups0.80text
Sea Shepherdinstance ofOpponents of cormorant culling include conservation groups0.80text
Cormorantrelated to BehaviourAll0.60section
Cormorantrelated to BehaviourThey0.60section
Cormorantrelated to BehaviourUnder0.60section
Cormorantrelated to BehaviourImperial0.60section
Cormorantrelated to BehaviourAfter0.60section
Cormorantrelated to BehaviourSome0.60section
Cormorantrelated to BehaviourStill0.60section

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