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European shag
Gulosus aristotelis · Family Phalacrocoracidae
Gulosus aristotelis
Family Phalacrocoracidae
- Order
- Suliformes
- Family
- Phalacrocoracidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 529,280
- Countries and territories with records
- 51
About this species
This species has 529,280 occurrence records from 51 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the United Kingdom (23.7%), Norway (22.9%), Spain (11.7%), Sweden (11.3%) and the Netherlands (5.2%); together they account for 74.8% of the total. In the United Kingdom, this species accounts for 0.2% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Gulosus aristotelis combines the genus name Gulosus with the species epithet aristotelis. It is the only species of the genus Gulosus in the Warbla app catalog.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 30 species of the family Phalacrocoracidae. This species ranks 9th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Nannopterum auritum. Its record count is 64.4% of the family average (821,390). The family Phalacrocoracidae belongs to the order Suliformes, which has 48 species in the Warbla app catalog.