Editing Spectacled cormorant (section)

== Taxonomy ==
It was formerly classified in the genus ''[[Phalacrocorax]]'', but in 2021, the [[International Ornithologists' Union|IOC]] reclassified it and several other Pacific cormorant species into the genus ''[[Urile]]'', based on a 2014 study that supported reclassifying the [[Brandt's cormorant|Brandt's]], [[Red-faced cormorant|red-faced]], and [[Pelagic cormorant|pelagic]] cormorants into that genus. Although the spectacled cormorant was not mentioned in the 2014 study and its current taxonomic position is unresolvable by the current phylogenies, it was also reclassified into ''Urile'' based on its perceived relatedness to those species.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|date=2014-10-01|title=Classification of the cormorants of the world|url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1055790314002334|journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution|language=en|volume=79|pages=249–257|doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2014.06.020|issn=1055-7903|last1=Kennedy |first1=Martyn |last2=Spencer |first2=Hamish G. |pmid=24994028 |bibcode=2014MolPE..79..249K |url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Taxonomic Updates – IOC World Bird List|url=https://www.worldbirdnames.org/new/updates/taxonomy/|access-date=2021-07-28|language=en-US}}</ref>