Birds of India - The New Synopsis

A complete checklist of bird species and subspecies found in India

Suliformes (Cormorants, Boobies, Frigatebirds, and Darters)

Phalacrocoracidae (Cormorants)

• Microcarbo Bonaparte, 1856 Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences 43 no.11 p.577 Pelecanus pygmeus Pallas, 1773; Type by original designation
  • 354. Little Cormorant Microcarbo niger (Vieillot, 1817) [HB#28]
    Original Description: Hydrocorax niger Vieillot, 1817 Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc. Nouvelle édition 8 p.88
    Distribution: Throughout India except the trans-Himalaya; from Jammu south till the southern tip of the peninsula; as well as NE India and sometimes in S Andaman Is.
    Specimens: BNHS, ZSI, UMMZ, AMNH, FMNH, YPM, FTLB, BNHM
    IUCN: Least Concern. SoIB: Low. WLPA: Schedule-II.
  
  
• Phalacrocorax Brisson, 1760 Ornithologia sive synopsis methodica sistens avium divisionem in ordines, sectiones, genera, species, ipsarumaque varietates 1 p.60;6, p.511 Phalacrocorax Brisson ; Type by tautonymy = Pelecanus carbo Linnaeus, 1758
  • 355. Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo (Linnaeus, 1758)
    Original Description: Pelecanus Carbo Linnaeus, 1758 Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1 p.133
    Alternative Names: Large Cormorant
    IUCN: Least Concern. SoIB: Low. WLPA: Schedule-II.
    • 355a. Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis (Staunton, 1796) [HB#26]
      Original Description: Pelecanus sinensis Staunton, 1796 An authentic account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China 3 (Atlas) pl.37
      Distribution: Throughout India from Ladakh and Kashmir down south till the southern tip; extends east through Assam, Arunachal, and all NE hills states.
      Specimens: BNHS, UMZC, UMMZ, AMNH, FMNH, LKO, FTLB
  
  
  • 356. Indian Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscicollis Stephens, 1826 [HB#27]
    Original Description: Phalacrocorax fuscicollis Stephens, 1826 General Zoology, or systematic natural history 13 pt1 p.91 (Bengal)
    Alternative Names: Indian Shag
    Distribution: Throughout India except the trans and high Himalaya; historically at least east to Assam plains, Cachar, and Manipur valley. Once in Middle Andaman Is.
    Specimens: BNHS, UMZC, AMNH, FMNH, ROM, USNM, TNHM
    IUCN: Least Concern. SoIB: Low. WLPA: Schedule-II.
    Notes: Recent status of Indian Cormorant in NE India is unclear.