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Alternative names: Campbell Islands Shag; Campbell Shag

Phalacrocorax campbelli

[edit] Identification

63cm. Black with blue metallic sheen back, head, neck, wings, white underparts and chin, white wing stripe, orange-red bill, pink webbed feet. Breeding adults have short crest on head. Juvenile - brown plumage.

[edit] Distribution

New Zealand.

[edit] Taxonomy

Monotypic.

[edit] Habitat

Open seas and rocky shores.

[edit] Behaviour

The diet includes fish and marine invertebrates.

It nests on cliffs, rocky ledges, hollows, or in sea caves. The nest is made from tussock grass and other plants; 2 pale blue eggs are laid.

[edit] References

ARKive

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