Kerguelen Shag

Leucocarbo verrucosus - Cormoran des Kerguelen

Cormoran des Kerguelen
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Suliformes

  • Family
    :

    Phalacrocoracidés

  • Genus
    :

    Leucocarbo

  • Species
    :

    verrucosus

Descriptor

Cabanis, 1875

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 65 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 110 cm.
  • Weight
    : 1700 à 2240 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Cormoran des Kerguelen
adult plum. breeding
Cormoran des Kerguelen
adult

Kerguelen Shag (Leucocarbo verrucosus) is a species of bird in the Phalacrocoracidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

  • Cormoran des Kerguelen,
  • Cormorán de las Kerguelen,
  • corvo-marinho-das-kerguelen,
  • Kerguelenscharbe,
  • varacskos kárókatona,
  • Kerguelenaalscholver,
  • Cormorano delle Kerguelen,
  • kerguelenskarv,
  • Kerguelenskarv,
  • kormorán kerguelenský,
  • kormorán kerguelenský,
  • Kerguelenskarv,
  • kergueleninmerimetso,
  • corb marí de les illes Kerguelen,
  • kormoran kergueleński,
  • Кергеленский баклан,
  • ケルゲレンヒメウ,
  • 克岛鸬鹚,
  • 克格連鸕鷀,

Habitat

Cormoran des Kerguelen

Marine Neritic : Pelagic, Subtidal Rock and Rocky Reefs, Subtidal Loose Rock/pebble/gravel, Subtidal Sandy, Subtidal Sandy-Mud, Macroalgal/Kelp, Seagrass (Submerged) ; Marine Intertidal : Rocky Shoreline ; Marine Coastal/Supratidal : Sea Cliffs and Rocky Offshore Islands, Coastal Freshwater Lakes

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

QRcode Cormoran des Kerguelen
published: - Updated: 15-03-2013
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