Kormorani

Vranci

Phalacrocorax auritus
Naučna klasifikacija
Carstvo:	Animalia
Koljeno:	Chordata
Razred:	Aves
Red:	Pelecaniformes
Podred:	Sulae
Porodica:	Phalacrocoracidae Reichenbach, 1850
Rod:	Phalacrocorax Brisson, 1760
Sinonimi
Australocorax Lambrecht, 1931 Compsohalieus B. Brewer & Ridgway, 1884 Cormoranus Baillon, 1834 Dilophalieus Coues, 1903 Ecmeles Gistel, 1848 Euleucocarbo Voisin, 1973 Halietor Heine, 1860 Hydrocorax Vieillot, 1819 (non Brisson, 1760: preoccupied) Hypoleucus Reichenbach, 1852 Leucocarbo Bonaparte, 1857 Microcarbo Bonaparte, 1856 Miocorax Lambrecht, 1933 Nannopterum Sharpe, 1899 Nesocarbo Voisin, 1973 Notocarbo Siegel-Causey, 1988 Pallasicarbo Coues, 1903 Paracorax Lambrecht, 1933 Poikilocarbo Boetticher, 1935 Pliocarbo Tugarinov, 1940 Stictocarbo Bonaparte, 1855 Viguacarbo Coues, 1903

Vranci (lat. Phalacrocoracidae) su porodica ptica koja pripada redu pelikanki (Pelecaniformes ). Porodica ima samo jedan rod - Phalacrocorax, s 36 vrsta.^[1].^[2]

Neke vrste

Phalacrocorax africanus
Phalacrocorax albiventer
Phalacrocorax aristotelis - Morski vranac (Ćubasti vranac)
Phalacrocorax atriceps - Bjelotrbi vranac
Phalacrocorax auritus - Dvokrijesti vranac
Phalacrocorax bougainvillii
Phalacrocorax brasilianus
Phalacrocorax campbelli
Phalacrocorax capensis
Phalacrocorax capillatus
Phalacrocorax carbo - Veliki vranac
Phalacrocorax carunculatus
Phalacrocorax chalconotus
Phalacrocorax colensoi
Phalacrocorax coronatus
Phalacrocorax featherstoni
Phalacrocorax fuscescens
Phalacrocorax fuscicollis
Phalacrocorax gaimardi
Phalacrocorax harrisi - Galapagoški vranac
Phalacrocorax magellanicus
Phalacrocorax melanoleucos
Phalacrocorax neglectus
Phalacrocorax niger
Phalacrocorax nigrogularis
Phalacrocorax onslowi
Phalacrocorax pelagicus
Phalacrocorax penicillatus
Phalacrocorax perspicillatus
Phalacrocorax punctatus
Phalacrocorax pygmeus - Mali vranac ili fendak
Phalacrocorax ranfurlyi
Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
Phalacrocorax urile
Phalacrocorax varius
Phalacrocorax verrucosus

Izvori

↑ Genus Phalacrocorax
↑ Günther Drosdowski (Bearb.): Duden Etymologie. Herkunftswörterbuch der deutschen Sprache. 2. Auflage. Dudenverlag, Mannheim 1989, ISBN 3-411-20907-0, S. 378

Literatura

Josep del Hoyo u. a.: Ostrich to Ducks. Lynx, Barcelona 1992, ISBN 84-87334-10-5 (Handbook of the Birds of the World, Band 1).
J. Bryan Nelson: Pelicans, Cormorants and Their Relatives. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2005, ISBN 0-19-857727-3.