Birds of the World

    SULIFORMES: Phalacrocoracidae (Cormorants, Shags)  
Genus: Leucocarbo (16 species)


Imperial Shag
Imperial Shag (Leucocarbo atriceps)
Range: SA: coastal s South America and Falkland Is.
 
 
Photograph by Pablo Caceres Contreras     Copyright and usage info



Guanay Cormorant
Guanay Cormorant (Leucocarbo bougainvilliorum) Near Threatened
Range: SA: coastal Peru to c Chile and sc Argentina
Islas Ballestas, Peru  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

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Antarctic Shag
Antarctic Shag (Leucocarbo bransfieldensis)
Range: SO: South Shetland Is. and Antarctic Pen.
Robert Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctic Penninsula, Antarctica  
   
Photograph by Nigel Voaden   © All Rights Reserved.


Campbell Shag
Campbell Shag (Leucocarbo campbelli) Vulnerable
Range: AU: Campbell I. (s of South I., New Zealand)
Campbell Island  
 
Photograph by Bradley Hacker   © All Rights Reserved.


New Zealand King Shag
New Zealand King Shag (Leucocarbo carunculatus) Vulnerable
Range: AU: Cook Strait is. (n of South I., New Zealand)
Queen Charlotte Sound, New Zealand  
 
Photograph by Bradley Hacker   © All Rights Reserved.


Otago Shag
Otago Shag (Leucocarbo chalconotus) Vulnerable
Range: AU: e South I. (New Zealand)
Katiki Point, New Zealand  
 
Photograph by Bradley Hacker   © All Rights Reserved.


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Auckland Shag (Leucocarbo colensoi) Vulnerable
Range: AU: Auckland Is. (s of South I., New Zealand)
 



South Georgia Shag
South Georgia Shag (Leucocarbo georgianus)
Range: SO: Shag Rocks (w of South Georgia), South Georgia, South Sandwich and South Orkney is. (sw South Atlantic Ocean)
South Georgia Island  
 
Photograph by Aaron Maizlish     Copyright and usage info


Rock Shag
Rock Shag (Leucocarbo magellanicus)
Range: SA: coastal sc Chile and sc Argentina to Cape Horn and Falkland Is.
Islotes de PuƱihuil, ChiloĆ© Island, Chile  
   
Photograph by Pablo Caceres Contreras     Copyright and usage info


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Crozet Shag (Leucocarbo melanogenis)
Range: SO: Prince Edward, Marion and Crozet is. (sw South Indian Ocean)
 



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Heard Island Shag (Leucocarbo nivalis)
Range: SO: Heard Is. (sc South Indian Ocean)
 



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Chatham Islands Shag (Leucocarbo onslowi) Critically Endangered
Range: AU: Chatham Is. (e of South I., New Zealand)
 



Macquarie Shag
Macquarie Shag (Leucocarbo purpurascens)
Range: SO: Macquarie I. and nearby rocks (w South Pacific Ocean, far se of Australia)
Macquarie Island, Tasmania, Australia  
 
Photograph by Bradley Hacker   © All Rights Reserved.


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Bounty Shag (Leucocarbo ranfurlyi) Vulnerable
Range: AU: Bounty Is. (e of Stewart I., New Zealand)
 



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Foveaux Shag (Leucocarbo stewarti)
Range: AU: s South and Stewart is. (New Zealand)
 



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Kerguelen Shag (Leucocarbo verrucosus)
Range: IO: Kerguelen Is. (sc South Indian Ocean)
 




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