Suliformes (Boobies, Cormorants, Darters, Frigatebirds and Shags)
Family: Anhingidae (Darters)
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Anhinga beckeri | Emslie, 1998 | - | Late Pleistocene | Florida, USA | Extinct | Access |
Anhinga laticeps | (De Vis, 1906) | Late Pleistocene | Australia | Invalid (synonym) | Access | |
Anhinga rufa chantrei | Oustalet, 1882 | Levant darter | 1990 | Iraq, Israel and Turkey | Missing | Access |
Family: Fregatidae (Frigatebirds)
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Phalacrocoracidae (Cormorants and Shags)
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Leucocarbo septentrionalis | Rawlence et al., 2017 | Kōhatu shag | Holocene? | North Island (southern) & South Island (northern), New Zealand | Extinct | Access |
Microcarbo serventyorum | Van Tets, 1994 | Serventy's cormorant, Serventy's shag | late Holocene? | Western Australia, Australia | Extinct | Access |
Phalacrocorax africanus nanus | Newton & Gadow, 1893 | Mauritius long-tailed cormorant, Mascarene reed cormorant | 1600s or 1700s | Mauritius & Réunion, Mascarene Islands | Extinct | Access |
Phalacrocorax carbo major |
Forbes, 1892 | ? | New Zealand | Invalid (synonym) | Access | |
Phalacrocorax kenyoni | (Siegel-Causey, 1991) | Kenyon's shag, Amchitka cormorant | 22 February 1959 | Amchitka Island, Aleutian Islands (far western) | Invalid (synonym) | Access |
Phalacrocorax perspicillatus | Pallas, 1811 | Spectacled cormorant, Pallas’ cormorant | c.1850 | Bering Island, Commander Islands, Russia | Extinct | Access |
Phalacrocorax sp. nov. 'Madagascar' | - | Madagascan cormorant, Madagascan shag | Holocene? | Madagascar | Extinct | Access |
Family: Sulidae (Boobies)
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Morus reyana | Howard, 1936 | Playa Del Rey gannet | Late Pleistocene | California, USA | Extinct | Access |
Papasula abbotti costelloi | Steadman, Schubel & Pahlavan, 1988 | Ua Huka booby | c.1200 AD | Ua Huka & Tahuata, Marquesas Islands | Extinct | Access |
Sula dactylatra tasmani | van Tets, Meredith, Fullagar & Davidson, 1988 | Tasman booby | - | Lord Howe Island & Norfolk Island, Tasman Sea, Australia | Rediscovered | Access |