Cormorants (Phalacrocoracidae)
Stewart Shag (Phalacrocorax chalconotus) - HBW 1, p. 349
French: Cormoran bronzé
German: Stewartscharbe
Spanish: Cormorán de la Stewart
Other common names: Bronze/Gray's Shag, Stewart Island Cormorant
Taxonomy: Graculus chalconotus G. R. Gray, 1845, Otago, South Island, New Zealand.
Often considered race of P. carunculatus. Some authors merge carunculatus, chalconotus and onslowi, and campbelli, ranfurlyi and colensoi into single species. Sometimes placed in Leucocarbo or Euleucocarbo. Monotypic.
Distribution: Restricted to SE South I and Stewart I (New Zealand).
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A light morph bird flying in to land with mostly dark morph birds Locality Shag Point, South Island, New Zealand (Monotypic species)
Brooke Clibbon 18 November 2005 5 years ago 11 sec 3.9 -
Several adults (light and dark morphs) and young at nests on a cliff face Locality Taiaroa Head, Otago Peninsula, South Island, New Zealand (Monotypic species)
Brooke Clibbon 18 November 2005 5 years ago 14 sec 3.3 -
Several light and dark morph birds on rocks on a cliff face by nesting colony Locality Taiaroa Head, Otago Peninsula, South Island, New Zealand (Monotypic species)
Brooke Clibbon 18 November 2005 5 years ago 21 sec 3.3
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2 birds on jetty wall.
Locality Oamaru, South Island, New Zealand
Mat Gilfedder 15 December 2004 2 years ago 1
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