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Leucocarbo verrucosus

Phalacrocorax verrucosus

Identification

Distribution

Kerguelen Island (south Indian Ocean)

Taxonomy

Monotypic
This taxon is considered a subspecies of King Shag by some authors[2]
Sometimes placed in the genus Phalacrocorax.

Habitat

Behaviour

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
  2. Avibase

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