Genus

Nannopterum Sharpe, 1899

American cormorants

Nannopterum auritus
Double-crested cormorant
standing on stump in river, fish hook and fishing line hanging off body

Cormorants were previously placed in the genus Phalacrocorax, but sseveral of the North American cormorants are now classsified as Nannopterum species.

Species of the Nannopterum genus in the Wild Florida Photo database:

  Nannopterum auritus
Double-crested Cormorant

The genus Nannopterum is a member of the Phalacrocoracidae - Cormorants and Shags family.