Cormorants (Phalacrocoracidae)
Rough-faced Shag (Phalacrocorax carunculatus) - HBW 1, p. 349
French: Cormoran caronculé
German: Warzenscharbe
Spanish: Cormorán Carunculado
Other common names: (New Zealand) King Shag/Cormorant, Carunculated/Marlborough Sound/Cook Straits Cormorant
Taxonomy: Pelecanus carunculatus Gmelin, 1789, Queen Charlotte Sound, New Zealand, and Staten Island.
Often includes P. chalconotus and P. onslowi; these three sometimes considered conspecific with P. campbelli complex (campbelli, ranfurlyi and colensoi). Alternatively placed in Leucocarbo or Euleucocarbo. Monotypic.
Distribution: Restricted to area of Cook Strait (New Zealand), breeding in Marlborough Sounds, NE South I.
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Several birds preening on a cliff and one of them flapping and stretching the wings (a Weka foraging close to them). Locality Queen Charlotte Sound, South Island, New Zealand (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 8 February 2013 6 weeks ago 43 sec 4 -
A group of birds resting on a cliff and several of them moving to have a sunbath. Locality Queen Charlotte Sound, South Island, New Zealand (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 8 February 2013 6 weeks ago 49 sec 3.8 -
An adult on rocks, shaking its plumage Locality Queen Charlotte Sound, South Island, New Zealand (Monotypic species)
Brooke Clibbon 4 December 2005 6 years ago 18 sec 3.7 -
An adult swimming Locality Queen Charlotte Sound, South Island, New Zealand (Monotypic species)
Brooke Clibbon 4 December 2005 6 years ago 30 sec 2.8 -
An adult on rocks with Spotted Shags Locality Queen Charlotte Sound, South Island, New Zealand (Monotypic species)
Brooke Clibbon 4 December 2005 6 years ago 25 sec 2.8
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A good portion of the world's population on a rock
Locality Queen Charlotte Sound, South Island, New Zealand (Monotypic species)
Aleix Comas 26 December 2001 3 years ago 0
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