Maps of the birds of the Western Palearctic Region

PELECANIFORMES

Phalacrocoracidae

Phalacrocorax carbo
Lakes, rivers, coasts, marshes.
P. c. carbo. From s Greenland, Iceland, Faroes, British Isles, Norway and extreme nw Russia on the Kola Pen., s to France e to Poland; s to n Africa from Mauritania e to Egypt, Sardinia, Corsica, w coast of Italy, Czechoslovakia, Balkans, Greece and Turkey e to Black and Caspian seas, s Russia, Mongolia, China and s Siberia to Korea and Japan on Honshu, s to n Iran, Pakistan, India to 3500 m, Sri Lanka and se Asia (exc. Malaya) (formerly Sumatra); n Philippines on Batan Is., Calayan, Luzon and Ticao. Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand and Chatham Is.
Ne N. America along Atlantic coast from n shore of Gulf of St. Lawrence and sw Newfoundland s to Prince Edward I., Nova Scotia and n Maine.
P. c. lucidus. Senegambia, sw Mauritania, Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, L. Chad area, and from Gabon and Congo to s Angola, Namibia, Zambia, ne,ce,se Zaire, Sudan, Ethiopia and s Somalia s to Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Mozambique and s S. Africa.
P. c. lucidus. Senegambia, sw Mauritania, Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, L. Chad area, and from Gabon and Congo to s Angola, Namibia, Zambia, ne,ce,se Zaire, Sudan, Ethiopia and s Somalia s to Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Mozambique and s S. Africa.

Phalacrocorax auritus
Lakes, swamps, rivers, coasts. From s,se Alaska w to Cape Peirce and e Aleutians, coastal British Columbia, n Alberta and from c Saskatchewan e across s Canada to Gulf of St. Lawrence and Newfoundland, s to Baja Calif., coastal Sonora, sw Arizona, s New Mexico, nc,se Texas, Gulf coast, Florida, n Bahamas s to Cat I., San Salvador and Great Inagua; Cuba and Isle of Pines; formerly on Man-of-War Key off Belize.

Phalacrocorax aristotelis
Coasts. From w Iceland, British Isles, Norway and the Kola Pen. in nw Russia, s along coasts of w Europe to Mediterranean and Black seas, incl. most islands and the African coast, and Atlantic coast of Morocco.
The African race, riggenbachi, sometimes is treated as a species.

Phalacrocorax nigrogularis
Coasts, islands. Islands in the Persian Gulf, se coast of Arabia and Socotra I. Ranges to Gulf of Aden and Red Sea.

Phalacrocorax pygmeus
Marshes, reedbeds, lakes, rivers, seacoasts.
From Balkans n to Yugoslavia and Romania, Greece and w Turkey e to shores of Black, Caspian and Aral seas, n,sw Tadshikistan, se Iraq and n Iran.

Phalacrocorax africanus
Rivers, lakes, swamps. Coasts and inland waters from sw Mauritania, Senegambia, s Mali, s Niger, São Tomé I., s Chad, c,s Sudan, Ethiopia and w,s Somalia s to s S. Africa; Madagascar. Occurs and breeds in
most African countries with suitable habitat. Not recorded as breeding in Djibouti, Socotra Is., Yemen, Seychelles, Aldabra, Comores or Mascarene Is. Wanders widely to offshore islands.