Cormorants (Phalacrocoracidae)
Rock Shag (Phalacrocorax magellanicus) - HBW 1, p. 346
French: Cormoran de Magellan
German: Felsenscharbe
Spanish: Cormorán Magallánico
Other common names: Rock/Magellan(ic) Cormorant, Magellan Shag
Taxonomy: Pelecanus magellanicus Gmelin, 1789, Tierra del Fuego and Staten Island.
Sometimes placed in genus Stictocarbo. Monotypic.
Distribution: Pacific and Atlantic coasts of S South America, including Tierra del Fuego and Falkland Is.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Two adults in breeding plumage swimming in calm water Locality Stanley (Puerto Argentino), East Falkland Island, Falkland (Malvinas) Islands (Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 5 September 2008 4 years ago 19 sec 4.5 -
Close-up of an immature flapping its wing in a cliff Locality New Island, Falkland (Malvinas) Islands (Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 3 December 2008 4 years ago 17 sec 4.5 -
A pair mating on the nest in a small cliff Locality New Island, Falkland (Malvinas) Islands (Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 3 December 2008 4 years ago 29 sec 4.5 -
A non-breeding plumaged individual diving for food Locality Chiloe Island, Los Lagos Region, Chile (Monotypic species)
Greg Baker 16 November 2011 1 year ago 29 sec 4.4 -
A pair in mutual preening on the nest in a small cliff Locality New Island, Falkland (Malvinas) Islands (Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 3 December 2008 4 years ago 35 sec 4.3 -
An adult feeding a young Locality Argentina (Monotypic species)
Max Roth 31 January 2002 7 years ago 33 sec 4.2
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Adult standing on the shore.
Locality Carcass Island, Falkland (Malvinas) Islands (Monotypic species)
Christophe Gouraud 22 January 2013 10 weeks ago 4.3 -
One adult in a small colony in the Beagle Channel
Locality Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego Province, Argentina
Luca Boscain 12 October 2012 28 weeks ago 4 -
Details of the head of an adult in breeding plumage
Locality New Island, Falkland (Malvinas) Islands (Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 31 October 2008 4 years ago 4 -
An adult on a rocky coast
Locality New Island, Falkland (Malvinas) Islands (Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 31 October 2008 4 years ago 4 -
A group of adults and immatures showing the variations of plumage
Locality New Island, Falkland (Malvinas) Islands (Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 1 November 2006 4 years ago 4 -
Couple breeding
Locality Beagle Channel, Tierra del Fuego Province, Argentina
fleviez 6 November 2008 4 years ago 4
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A pair displaying then mating Locality New Island, Falkland (Malvinas) Islands
(Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 3 December 2008 3 years ago 4
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