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Order: Pelecaniformes
Family: Phalacrocoracidae
Genus: Phalacrocorax
Scientific: Phalacrocorax urile
Citation: (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
Reference: Syst.Nat. 1 pt2 p.575
Protonym: Pelecanus Urile
Avibase ID: 05DDE8C1BB567A89
Short link: https://avibase.ca/05DDE8C1
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 174728
Geographic range:
Phalacrocorax urile : Islands off n Japan to coastal s Alaska
Source: Clements checklist
English: Red-faced Cormorant
Czech: kormorán červenolící
German: Rotgesichtscharbe
Danish: Rødmasket Skarv
Spanish: Cormorán Carirrojo
Finnish: beringinmerimetso
French: Cormoran à face rouge
Icelandic: Rauðskarfur
Italian: Cormorano facciarossa
Japanese: chishimaugarasu
Japanese: チシマウガラス
Dutch: Roodmaskeraalscholver
Norwegian: Rødmaskeskarv
Polish: kormoran czerwonoczelny
Portuguese: Biguá-de-cara-vermelha
Russian: Краснолицый баклан
Slovak: kormorán červenolíci
Swedish: beringskarv
Chinese: 红脸鸬鹚
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (1886): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 1st suppl.): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 2nd suppl.): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 3rd suppl.): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 4th suppl.): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 5th suppl.): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 6th suppl.): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 7th suppl.): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (1895): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 8th suppl.): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 9th suppl.): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 10th suppl.): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 11th suppl.): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 12th suppl.): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 13th suppl.): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 14th suppl.): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 15th suppl.): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (1910): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (incl. 16th suppl.): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (incl. 17th suppl.): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (incl. 18th suppl.): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (1931): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 19th suppl.): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 20th suppl.): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 21st suppl.): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 22nd suppl.): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 23rd suppl.): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 24th suppl.): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 25th suppl.): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 26th suppl.): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 27th suppl.): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 28th suppl.): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 29th suppl.): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 30th suppl.): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 31st suppl.): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (1957): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (incl. 32nd suppl.): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (incl. 33rd suppl.): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (incl. 34th suppl.): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (1983): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 35th suppl.): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 36th suppl.): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 37th suppl.): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 38th suppl.): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 39th suppl.): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 40th suppl.): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 41st suppl.): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (1998): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 42nd suppl.): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 43rd suppl.): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 44th suppl.): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 45th suppl.): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 46th suppl.): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 47th suppl.): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 48th suppl.): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 49th suppl.): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 50th suppl.): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 51st suppl.): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 52nd suppl.): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 53rd suppl.): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 54th suppl.): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 55th suppl.): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 56th suppl.): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 57th suppl.): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 58th suppl.): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 59th suppl.): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
Birdlife checklist version 00: Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
Birdlife checklist version 01: Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
Birdlife checklist version 02: Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
Birdlife checklist version 03: Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
Birdlife checklist version 04: Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Red-faced Cormorant ( Urile urile )
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Cormoran à face rouge ( Phalacrocorax urile )
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Cormoran à face rouge ( Phalacrocorax urile )
Clements 1st edition: Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
Clements 3rd edition: Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
Clements 4th edition: Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
Clements 5th edition (as published): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
Clements 6th edition: Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
Clements, version 2015: Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
Clements, version 2016: Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
Clements, version 2017: Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
Clements, version 2018: Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
eBird version 1.50: Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
eBird version 1.52: Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
eBird version 1.53: Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
eBird version 1.54: Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
eBird version 1.55: Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
eBird version 2015: Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
eBird version 2016: Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
eBird version 2017: Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
eBird version 2018: Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Red-faced Shag ( Phalacrocorax urile )
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Red-faced Shag ( Phalacrocorax urile )
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Red-faced Shag ( Phalacrocorax urile )
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Red-faced Shag ( Phalacrocorax urile )
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Red-faced Shag ( Phalacrocorax urile )
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Red-faced Shag ( Phalacrocorax urile )
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Red-faced Shag ( Phalacrocorax urile )
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Red-faced Shag ( Phalacrocorax urile )
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Red-faced Shag ( Phalacrocorax urile )
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Red-faced Cormorant ( Urile urile )
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Red-faced Shag ( Leucocarbo urile )
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Red-faced Shag ( Leucocarbo urile )
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Red-faced Shag ( Leucocarbo urile )
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Red-faced Shag ( Leucocarbo urile )
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Red-faced Shag ( Leucocarbo urile )
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Red-faced Shag ( Leucocarbo urile )
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
Morony, Bock and Farrand: Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
Oriental Bird Club: Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
James Lee Peters: Phalacrocorax urile
James Lee Peters (original): Phalacrocorax urile
James Lee Peters (2nd edition): Phalacrocorax urile
Sibley and Monroe (1993): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
Sibley and Monroe 2nd edition (1996): Red-faced Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax urile )
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Phalacrocorax urile
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Phalacrocorax urile
Taxonomic status:
Species status:
full species
Other synonyms
Catalan: Corb marí de màscara rojaCzech: Kormorán cervenolící, kormorán červenolícíDanish: Rødmasket SkarvGerman: RotgesichtscharbeEnglish: Red-faced Cormorant, Red-faced ShagEnglish (IOC): Red-faced CormorantSpanish: Cormorán Carirrojo, Cormorán de Cara RojaSpanish (Spain): Cormorán CarirrojoSpanish (HBW): Cormorán CarirrojoEstonian: sarvikkormoran (sarvikkarbas)Finnish: BeringinmerimetsoFrench: Cormoran à face rougeHungarian: vörösarcú kárókatonaIcelandic: RauðskarfurItalian: Cormorano faccia rossa, Cormorano facciarossaJapanese: chishima u-garasu, chishimaugarasu, Chishima-ugarasuJapanese: チシマウガラスJapanese (Kanji): 千島鵜烏Korean: 붉은뺨가마우지Latin: Leucocarbo urile, Pelecanus Urile, Phalacrocorax urile, Stictocarbo urile, Urile urileLithuanian: raudonskruostis kormoranas, Raudonskruotis kormoranasLatvian: sarkansejas ūdenisDutch: Aleoetenaalscholver, RoodmaskeraalscholverNorwegian Nynorsk: RaudmaskeskarvNorwegian: RødmaskeskarvPolish: kormoran czerwonoczelnyPinyin: hóng-liǎn lúcí, shuǐ lǎo-yāPortuguese: Biguá-de-cara-vermelhaRussian: Баклан краснолицый, Краснолицый бакланSlovak: kormorán červenolíciSerbian: Crvenoliki vranacSwedish: BeringskarvTurkish: Büyük Pelajik KarabatakUkrainian: Баклан тихоокеанськийChinese: 水老鸦, 红脸鸬鹚Chinese (Traditional): 水老鴉, 紅臉鸕鶿, 紅臉鸕鷀