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Photo © by peterday
Queen Charlotte Sound, New Zealand November 2023

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

New Zealand

Taxonomy

Sometimes placed in the genus Phalacrocorax.

This is a monotypic species^[1].

References

1. 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/

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Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) New Zealand King Shag. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 10 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/New_Zealand_King_Shag

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