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Revision as of 11:29, 17 April 2008

Phalacrocorax carunculatus

Also called New Zealand King Shag.

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

New Zealand

Taxonomy

Habitat

Behaviour

External Links

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