Summary description from Wikipedia:

Phalacrocoracidae in languages:

Afrikaans

Duikervoëls

Afrikaans

Duikers

Afrikaans

Kormorante

Albanian

Karabullakët

Arabic

غاقيات

Belarusian

Бакланавыя

Bokmål

Skarvefamilien

Bokmål

Skarver

Bulgarian

Корморанови

Catalan

Corbs marins

Chinese

鸕鶿科

Croatian

Vranci

Czech

kormoránovití

Danish

skarver

Dutch

Aalscholvers

English

Cormorants and Shags

English

Cormorants

Estonian

Kormoranlased

Finnish

merimetsot

French

Cormorans

German

Kormorane

Hungarian

kormoránok

Indonesian

Burung Pecuk

Indonesian

Kormoran

Italian

Cormorani, Marangoni e affini

Japanese

ウ科

Korean

가마우지과

Lithuanian

Kormoraniniai

Modern Greek

Φαλακροκορακίδες

Polish

Kormorany

Portuguese

Cormorões e Biguás

Russian

Баклановые

Slovene

Kormorani

Swedish

skarvar

Thai

วงศ์ นกกาน้ำ

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Parent Taxon

• Suliformes

Sibling Taxa

• Anhingidae
• Fregatidae
• Phalacrocoracidae
• Sulidae

Child Taxa

• Gulosus
• Leucocarbo
• Microcarbo
• Nannopterum
• Phalacrocorax
• Poikilocarbo
• Urile

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