South Georgia shag
| South Georgia shag | |
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| At Cooper Bay, South Georgia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Suliformes |
| Family: | Phalacrocoracidae |
| Genus: | Leucocarbo |
| Species: | L. georgianus
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| Binomial name | |
| Leucocarbo georgianus Lönnberg, 1906
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The South Georgia shag (Leucocarbo georgianus), also known as the South Georgia cormorant, is a marine cormorant native to South Georgia and a few other subantarctic islands in the South Atlantic Ocean.
Taxonomy
The South Georgia shag is one of the blue-eyed shags (genus Leucocarbo), although some authors have placed it in the genus Phalacrocorax. It has formerly been considered a subspecies of the imperial shag (L. atriceps), but it is now usually treated as a full species. It is usually considered to be restricted to South Georgia and Shag Rocks, with populations in the South Sandwich Islands and South Orkney Islands now referred to as a distinct species; the Antarctic shag (P. bransfieldensis).[1]
References
- ^ "South Georgia Shag (Phalacrocorax georgianus)". Internet Bird Collection. Lynx Editions. HBW 1, p. 350. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
External links
Media related to Leucocarbo georgianus at Wikimedia Commons
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