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New Zealand King Shag - BirdForum Opus

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Photo by tf1044x
New Zealand, November 2007

Alternative name: New Zealand King Shag

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

New Zealand

Taxonomy

Sometimes placed in genus Leucocarbo.

Habitat

Behaviour

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