Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Cormorants :: Imperial Shag

Imperial Shag Phalacrocorax atriceps

Described by: King (1828)
Alternate common name(s): Imperial Cormorant, Blue-eyed Shag, Blue-eyed Cormorant, King Shag, King Cormorant, Emperor Shag, Magellanic Blue-eyed Shag, Falkland Blue-eyed Shag, White-bellied Shag, White-necked Shag
Old scientific name(s): Notocarbo atriceps, Leucocarbo atriceps

Photographs

New Island, Falkland Islands - Feb, 2001 © Stuart MacKay  New Island, Falkland Islands - Feb, 2001 © Stuart MacKay  Tierra del Fuego, Chile - Dec, 2005 © Arthur Grosset  Chiloé Island, Chile - Dec, 2005 © Arthur Grosset  Chiloé Island, Chile - Dec, 2005 © Arthur Grosset 
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Range

Coasts of s. South America in the e. Pacific Ocean and w. Atlantic Ocean;
(1) Breeds in s. Chile from the Mocha Is. (37°S) off Arauco s. to the Straits of Magellan and is. of the Beagle Channel to Cape Horn Archipelago, Tierra del Fuego (coastal and lakes), Staten Is., s. Argentina (n. locally in Santa Cruz and Chubut to Point Tombo and Rio Santa Cruz and inland lakes: Lago Nahuel Huapi on Isla Victoria, Neuquen, Lago Vinter, Chubut and Rio Negro).
Disperses n. in Argentina to Buenos Aires with vagrants as far n. as s. Uruguay. Scotia Arc (South Orkney Is., South Shetland Is. and South Sandwich Is.) and Antarctica (Antarctic Archipelago and Antarctic Peninsula).
(2) Falkland Is.

Videos

Cincinnati Zoo, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA - Nov 18, 2001 Source: William Hull
Description: None

Sounds

No sounds are available for this species

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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