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Alternative name: Rough-faced Shag
- Leucocarbo carunculatus
Phalacrocorax carunculatus
Identification
76cm. Black and white, pink feet. White patches on the wings appear as bars when the wings are folded. Yellow-orange swellings (caruncules) are found above the base of the bill. The grey gular pouch is reddish in the breeding season. Blue eye-ring.
Distribution
Taxonomy
Sometimes placed in the genus Phalacrocorax.
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Behaviour
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2021. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) New Zealand King Shag. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 23 November 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/New_Zealand_King_Shag
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.