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Category:Leucocarbo - BirdForum Opus

Genus: Leucocarbo

Description

This genus includes a group of shags and cormorants formerly included in Phalacrocorax.

Taxonomy

Leucocarbo is a genus in the family Phalacrocoracidae.
This genus is now recognized by Gill and Donsker (2010) and Clements (2021).


Genus Leucocarbo viewedit
L. magellanicus Magellanic Cormorant
L. bougainvillii Guanay Cormorant
L. ranfurlyi Bounty Shag
L. carunculatus New Zealand King Shag
L. chalconotus Stewart Island Shag
L. onslowi Chatham Shag
L. colensoi Auckland Shag
L. campbelli Campbell Shag
L. georgianus South Georgia Shag
L. atriceps Imperial Cormorant
L. bransfieldensis Antarctic Shag
L. melanogenis Crozet Shag
L. verrucosus Kerguelen Shag
L. nivalis Heard Island Shag
L. purpurascens Macquarie Shag
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