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 NR    South Georgia Shag* Id (Atlas):
    Phalacrocorax georgianus

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
South Georgia Shag, South Georgia Cormorant

Family
Phalacrocoracidae (Cormorants)

Size
75 cm

First Described (Guide)
Lonnberg, 1906

Range (Guide)
South Georgia, South Orkney Is, South Sandwich Is and Shag Rocks (Scotia Sea).
 
Status NR
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

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.

No subspecies.


References
See References.


Files:
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