Macquarie Shag - BirdForum Opus

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Leucocarbo purpurascens

Phalacrocorax purpurascens

Distribution

Macquarie I. and adjacent Bishop and Clerk Rocks, belonging to Australia.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species which is sometimes included as a subspecies in Imperial Shag.
Sometimes placed in the genus Phalacrocorax.

Habitat

Rocky sea coasts.

References

1. Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
2. Dickinson, EC, ed. 2003. The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. 3rd ed., with updates to October 2008 (Corrigenda 8). Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0691117010
3. Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2010. IOC World Bird Names (version 2.7). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
4. Thread in the taxonomy forum discussing the different splits and lumps around Imperial Shag

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