Kerguelen Shag (Leucocarbo verrucosus)

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files

Kerguelen Shag (Leucocarbo verrucosus) [XC555362]
by Hichem MACHOUK from Mayes, France (alarm call)

Kerguelen Shag (Leucocarbo verrucosus) [XC622663]
by id from Ile Haute, France (call, adulte au nid)

Subspecies
Often considered subspecies of Imperial Shag (Leucocarbo atriceps).

Phalacrocorax atriceps (Turbott 1990) includes bransfieldensis, verrucosus and georgianus contra Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993). BirdLife International does not currently recognise this as a species.

No subspecies.

References
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