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Alternative name: Black-faced Shag

Phalacrocorax fuscescens

Photo by Mat & Cathy
Eaglehawk Neck, Tasmania, Australia, September 2006

[edit] Identification

• Black upperparts, facial skin and bill
• White underparts
• Black thigh patch
• Dark grey bill
• Blue-green eyes

[edit] Distribution

Coastal southern Australia, Tasmania and islands in Bass Strait

[edit] Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].

[edit] Habitat

Coastal waters; islands; larger bays; deep inlets; ashore mostly on isolated rock-stacks, remote rocky headlands.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Diet

The diet includes small coastal fish, taken at depths of up to 12 m.

[edit] Breeding

They breed in large colonies on off-shore islands. They are ground- nesters, the nest being made of seaweed and grasses, on bare rock.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Wikipedia
3. Birds in Backyards
4. BF Member observations

• List of references

[edit] External Links

• View more images of this species on the ABID