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Alternative name: Bounty Islands Shag

Leucocarbo ranfurlyi

Phalacrocorax ranfurlyi

Identification

Distribution

Bounty Islands (New Zealand); vagrant to Antipodes Islands.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].
Sometimes placed in genus Leucocarbo.

Habitat

Open seas and rocky shores.

Behaviour

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.

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