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Alternative name: Rough-faced Shag
- Phalacrocorax carunculatus
Leucocarbo carunculatus
Identification
76cm. Black and white, pink feet. White patches on the wings appear as bars when the wings are folded. Yellow-orange swellings (caruncules) are found above the base of the bill. The grey gular pouch is reddish in the breeding season. Blue eye-ring.
Distribution
Taxonomy
Sometimes placed in genus Leucocarbo.
