• Leucocarbo Bonaparte, C.L. 1857. Conspectus generum avium. Paris : E.J. Brill Vol. 2 232+23 pp. [published 1850-1857] [176].

  Type species:

   Carbo bougainvillii Lesson, R.P., 1837 by subsequent designation, see Sharpe, R.B. & Ogilvie-Grant, W.R. 1898. Catalogue of the Plataleae, Herodiones, Steganopodes, Pygopodes, Alcae, and Impennes in the Collection of the British Museum. London : Trustees British Museum Vol. 26 pp. xvii + 687. [331].

  Secondary source:

   Condon, H.T. 1975. Checklist of the Birds of Australia. Part 1 Non-Passerines. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union xx 311 pp. [46]; Dorst, J. & Mougin, J-L 1979. Order Pelecaniformes. pp. 155-193 in Mayr, E. & Cottrell, G.W. Check-list of birds of the world. Cambridge, Massachusetts : Museum of Comparative Zoology Vol. 1 Edn 2, pp.xvii + 547. [164, 174]; Tennyson, A.J.D. 2010. Order PELECANIFORMES: Pelicans, Gannets, Cormorants and Allies. pp.138-155 in Gill, B.G., Bell, B.D., Chambers, G.K., Medway, D.G., Palma, R.L., Scofield, R.P., Tennyson, A.J.D. & Worthy, T.H. Checklist of the birds of New Zealand, Norfolk and Macquarie Islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica. Wellington : Te Papa Press 4th Edn, 500 pp. [146].
• Euleucocarbo Voisin, J.-F. 1973. Notes on the blue-eyed shags (Genus Leucocarbo Bonaparte). Notornis 20(3): 262-271 [268].

  Type species:

   Leucocarbo (Euleucocarbo) carunculatus Gmelin, 1789 by original designation.

  Secondary source:

   Tennyson, A.J.D. 2010. Order PELECANIFORMES: Pelicans, Gannets, Cormorants and Allies. pp.138-155 in Gill, B.G., Bell, B.D., Chambers, G.K., Medway, D.G., Palma, R.L., Scofield, R.P., Tennyson, A.J.D. & Worthy, T.H. Checklist of the birds of New Zealand, Norfolk and Macquarie Islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica. Wellington : Te Papa Press 4th Edn, 500 pp. [146].
• Nesocarbo Voisin, J.-F. 1973. Notes on the blue-eyed shags (Genus Leucocarbo Bonaparte). Notornis 20(3): 262-271 [268].

  Type species:

   Leucocarbo (Nesocarbo) campbelli Filhol, 1878 by original designation.

  Secondary source:

   Tennyson, A.J.D. 2010. Order PELECANIFORMES: Pelicans, Gannets, Cormorants and Allies. pp.138-155 in Gill, B.G., Bell, B.D., Chambers, G.K., Medway, D.G., Palma, R.L., Scofield, R.P., Tennyson, A.J.D. & Worthy, T.H. Checklist of the birds of New Zealand, Norfolk and Macquarie Islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica. Wellington : Te Papa Press 4th Edn, 500 pp. [146].
• Notocarbo Siegel-Causey, D. 1988. Phylogeny of the Phalacrocoracidae. Condor 90(4): 885–905 [891].

  Type species:

   Notocarbo atriceps atriceps King, P.P., 1828 by original designation.

  Secondary source:

   Tennyson, A.J.D. 2010. Order PELECANIFORMES: Pelicans, Gannets, Cormorants and Allies. pp.138-155 in Gill, B.G., Bell, B.D., Chambers, G.K., Medway, D.G., Palma, R.L., Scofield, R.P., Tennyson, A.J.D. & Worthy, T.H. Checklist of the birds of New Zealand, Norfolk and Macquarie Islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica. Wellington : Te Papa Press 4th Edn, 500 pp. [146].

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA

WA: Swan Coastal Plain (SWA)

IMCRA

Macquarie Island Province (24)

Other Regions

Heard & McDonald Islands (Aust. Terr.), Macquarie Island terrestrial & freshwater

History of changes

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Two subspecies, each restricted to either Macquarie or Heard Islands.

IMCRA

Macquarie Island Province (24)

Other Regions

Heard & McDonald Islands (Aust. Terr.), Macquarie Island terrestrial & freshwater

Distribution References

Details of nominate subspecies, not present in Australia

Phalacrocorax atriceps P.P. King, 1828
King (1828: 102).
Type data: Holotype BMNH 1855.12.19.354 Skin, Straits of Magellan.
Type locality references: Warren (1966: 23).

Common Name References

Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 288 pp. [20] (Imperial Shag)

History of changes

• Phalacrocorax (Leucocarbo) atriceps nivalis Falla, R.A. 1937. B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Research Expedition.1929–1931... Report Series B. Adelaide : B.A.N.Z.A.R. Expedition Committee Vol. 2 284 pp. [226].

  Type data:

   Lectotype AIM LB.11857 Skin, Atlas Cove, Heard Island [53°01'S, 73°23'E].
  Paralectotype(s) AIM LB.11858 Skin, Atlas Cove, Heard Island [53°01'S, 73°23'E]; AIM LB.11859 Skin, Atlas Cove, Heard Island [53°01'S, 73°23'E].

  Type locality references:

  Gill, B.J. 1983. Type specimens of amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals in the Auckland Institute and Museum. Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 20: 203–215 [211].

Distribution

Other Regions

Heard & McDonald Islands (Aust. Terr.)

History of changes

• Carbo purpurascens Brandt, J.F. 1837. Observations sur plusiers especes nouvelles du genre Carbo ou Phalacrocorax qui se trouvent dan le museum de l'Academie des Sciences de St. Petersburg. Bulletin de l'Académie impériale des sciences de St.-Pétersbourg 3 16: 53-57 [56].
• Phalacrocorax traversi Rothschild. L.W. 1898. Untitled. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 8(58): xxi-xxii [xxi].

  Type data:

   Lectotype AMNH 730169 Skin, Macquarie Island [54°37'S, 158°52'E].
  Paralectotype(s) AMNH 730169 Skin, Macquarie Island [54°37'S, 158°52'E]; AMNH 730170 Skin, Macquarie Island [54°37'S, 158°52'E]; AMNH 730171 Skin, Macquarie Island [54°37'S, 158°52'E]; AMNH 730172 Skin, Macquarie Island [54°37'S, 158°52'E].

  Type locality references:

  Hartert, E. 1925. Types of Birds in the Tring Museum. Novitates Zoologicae 32(6): 259-276 [274]; Greenway, J.C. Jnr 1973. Type specimens of birds in the American Museum of Natural History. Part 1. Tinamidae, Spheniscidae, Gaviidae, Podicipedidae, Diomedeidae, Procellariidae, Hydrobatidae, Pelecanoididae, Phaethontidae, Pelecanidae, Sulidae, Phalacrocoracidae, Anhingidae, Fregatidae, Ardeidae, Cochleariidae, Scopidae, Ciconiidae, Threskiornithidae, Phoenicopteridae, Anatidae, Cathartidae, Accipitridae, Falconidae, Megapodiidae, Cracidae, Tetraonidae, Phasianidae, Numididae, Meleagrididae, Turnicidae, Pedionomidae, Gruidae, Rallidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 150(3): 207-346 [273].

Distribution

Other Regions

Macquarie Island terrestrial & freshwater

History of changes

• Halieus verrucosus Cabanis, J.L. 1875. Protokol der LXXV. Monats-Sitzung. No. 132. Journal für Ornithologie 23: 448-45 [Date published 1876: Pl. 1, fig. 1] [450].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Unknown (Unlocated), New Zealand.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Ship assisted records in WA and Heard Island

IBRA

WA: Swan Coastal Plain (SWA)

Other Regions

Heard & McDonald Islands (Aust. Terr.)

Distribution References

General References

Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 288 pp. [105] (listed as a vagrant)

Common Name References

Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 288 pp. [20] (Kerguelen Shag)

History of changes