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Alternative name: Chatham Shag

Phalacrocorax onslowi

[edit] Identification

63 cm. Black-metallic blue upperparts, head, hind neck, lower back, rump, uppertail-coverts, white underparts, short head crest, white wing patches, bare red skin beneath eye, pink feet, large orange caruncles.

[edit] Distribution

Chatham Islands, New Zealand.

[edit] Taxonomy

Monotypic.

[edit] Habitat

Shores, rocky headlands, cliffs and islands.

[edit] Behaviour

It nests in colonies. The eggs are chalky blue.

The diet includes small fish.

[edit] References

BirdLife International; ARKive

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