Mnandi

Mnandi

Minandi kidari-cheupe

Uainishaji wa kisayansi

Himaya:	Animalia (Wanyama)
Faila:	Chordata (Wanyama wenye ugwe wa neva mgongoni)
Ngeli:	Aves (Ndege)
Oda:	Suliformes (Ndege kama ndegejinga)
Familia:	Phalacrocoracidae (Ndege walio na mnasaba na minandi) Reichenbach, 1850

Ngazi za chini

Jenasi 3; spishi 10 katika Afrika:

Leucocarbo Bonaparte, 1855
- L. melanogenis (Blyth, 1860)
- L. verrucosus (Cabanis, 1875)
Microcarbo Bonaparte, 1856
- M. africanus (Gmelin, 1789)
- M. coronatus (Wahlberg, 1855)
- M. pygmeus (Pallas, 1773)
Phalacrocorax Brisson, 1760
- P. aristotelis (Linnaeus, 1761)
- P. capensis (Sparrman, 1789)
- P. lucidus (Lichtenstein, 1823)
- P. neglectus (Wahlberg, 1855)
- P. nigrogularis Ogilvie-Grant & H.O.Forbes, 1899

Minandi ni ndege wa maji wa familia Phalacrocoracidae ambao wanafanana na vibisi lakini wana mkia mrefu zaidi na domo lao ana ncha kwa kulabu. Rangi yao kuu ni nyeusi. Minandi huzamia majini ili kukamata samaki. Hujenga matago yao kwa matawi na mimea ya maji juu ya miti au miamba. Jike huyataga mayai 3-4.

Spishi za Afrika

Leucocarbo melanogenis, Mnandi wa Crozet (Crozet Shag)
Leucocarbo verrucosus, Mnandi wa Kerguelen (Kerguelen Shag)
Microcarbo africanus, Mnandi Mkia-mrefu (Reed Cormorant)
Microcarbo coronatus, Mnandi taji (Crowned Cormorant)
Microcarbo pygmeus, Mnandi Mdogo (Pygmy Cormorant)
Phalacrocorax aristotelis, Mnandi Kishungi (European au Common Shag)
Phalacrocorax capensis, Mnandi Kusi (Cape Cormorant)
Phalacrocorax lucidus, Mnandi Kidari-cheupe (White-breasted Cormorant)
Phalacrocorax neglectus, Mnandi-ukingo (Bank au Wahlberg’s Cormorant)
Phalacrocorax nigrogularis, Mnandi wa Sokotra (Socotra Cormorant)

Spishi za mabara mengine

Leucocarbo atriceps (Imperial Shag)
Leucocarbo bougainvillii (Guanay Cormorant) (nje ya pwani ya Peru, guano inayochukuliwa kwa kolonia za ndege hawa, hutumika kutengeneza mbolea mzuri unayouzwa sokoni kwa dunia)
Leucocarbo bransfieldensis (Antarctic Shag)
Leucocarbo campbelli (Campbell Shag)
Leucocarbo carunculatus (New Zealand king or rough-faced shag)
Leucocarbo chalconotus (Stewart Shag)
Leucocarbo colensoi (Auckland Shag)
Leucocarbo georgianus (South Georgia Shag)
Leucocarbo nivalis (Heard Island Shag)
Leucocarbo onslowi (Chatham Shag)
Leucocarbo purpurascens (Macquarie Shag)
Leucocarbo ranfurlyi (Bounty Shag)
Leucocarbo stewarti (Foveaux Shag)
Microcarbo melanoleucos (Little Pied Cormorant)
Microcarbo niger (Little Cormorant)
Phalacrocorax auritus (Double-crested au White-crested Cormorant)
Phalacrocorax brasilianus (Neotropic Cormorant)
Phalacrocorax capillatus (Japanese au Temminck's Cormorant)
Phalacrocorax carbo (Great Cormorant)
Phalacrocorax featherstoni (Pitt au Featherstone's Shag)
Phalacrocorax fuscescens (Black-faced Cormorant)
Phalacrocorax fuscicollis (Indian Cormorant)
Phalacrocorax gaimardi (Red-footed Cormorant)
Phalacrocorax harrisi (Flightless Cormorant) (inatokea tu kwa Visiwa vya Galapagos ambapo mabawa yake yamepungua mpaka ukubwa wa mikono ya ngwini)
Phalacrocorax magellanicus (Rock Shag)
Phalacrocorax pelagicus (Pelagic au Baird's Cormorant)
Phalacrocorax penicillatus (Brandt's Cormorant)
†Phalacrocorax perspicillatus (Spectacled au Pallas's Cormorant) imekwisha sasa
Phalacrocorax punctatus (Spotted Shag)
Phalacrocorax sulcirostris (Little Black Cormorant)
Phalacrocorax urile (Red-faced Cormorant)
Phalacrocorax varius (Australian Pied au Yellow-faced Cormorant)