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==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
Sometimes placed in genus [[:Category:Leucocarbo|Leucocarbo]].
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==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
 
==Behaviour==
 
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==External Links==
 
==External Links==
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Photo by tf1044x
New Zealand, November 2007

Alternative name: Rough-faced Shag

Leucocarbo carunculatus

Phalacrocorax 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

New Zealand

Taxonomy

Sometimes placed in the genus Phalacrocorax.

Habitat

Behaviour

External Links

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