Crozet shag
The Crozet shag (Leucocarbo melanogenis), also known as the South Georgia cormorant, is a marine cormorant native to the Crozet, Prince Edward and Marion in the South Atlantic Ocean.[1]
| Crozet shag | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Suliformes |
| Family: | Phalacrocoracidae |
| Genus: | Leucocarbo |
| Species: | L. melanogenis |
| Binomial name | |
| Leucocarbo melanogenis Blyth, 1860 | |
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Taxonomy and distribution
The Crozet shag is one of the blue-eyed shags, sometimes placed in the genera Leucocarbo, and a subspecies of the imperial shag. Others place it in the genus Phalacrocorax. It is often treated as a full species.
References
- Gill, Frank; Donsker, David (eds.). "Hamerkop, Shoebill, pelicans, boobies, cormorants". World Bird List v. 8.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Archived from the original on 23 April 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
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