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 NR    Antarctic Shag* Id (Atlas):
    Phalacrocorax bransfieldensis Vagrant

Description (10)
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Family
Phalacrocoracidae (Cormorants)

Size
77 cm

First Described (Guide)
Murphy, 1936

Range (Guide)
Antarctica.

Antarctic Peninsula and South Shetland Is.
 
Status NR
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files

 
Antarctic Shag (Leucocarbo bransfieldensis) [XC769195]
     by id from Petermann Island, Antarctica (begging call, call)

Subspecies
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.

Often considered subspecies of Imperial Shag (Leucocarbo atriceps). Populations of South Georgia Shag (Phalacrocorax georgianus) in South Orkney and South Sandwich Is have frequently been ascribed to present species. Species sometimes placed in genus Notocarbo.

No subspecies.


References
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Files:
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