Spotted shag
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The spotted shag or pārekareka is a species of cormorant endemic to New Zealand. Though originally classified as Phalacrocorax punctatus, it is sufficiently different in appearance from typical member
Spotted Shag Shaun Lee
Juvenile, note spots on back and wings
In flight, in breeding plumage (note the double crests)
Queen Charlotte Sound, New Zealand
Phalacrocorax
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Phalacrocorax is a genus of fish-eating birds in the cormorant family Phalacrocoracidae. Members of this genus are sometimes informally known as the Old World cormorants, though their distribution is
Spotted shag
…Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Suliformes Family: Phalacrocoracidae Genus: Phalacrocorax Species: P. punctatus Binomial name Phalacrocorax punctatus (Sparrman, 1786) Synonyms Stictocarbo punctatus The spotted shag or pārekareka (Phalacrocorax…
2021 05 05 Phalacrocorax carbo carbo, Killingworth Lake, Northumberland 1 1
Juvenile Phalacrocorax carbo with extensive but diffuse white on the underparts. The other species show broadly similar juvenile plumage.
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