Kingdom Animalia Class Aves Family Phalacrocoracidae Rank Species | Phylum Chordata Order Pelecaniformes Genus Phalacrocorax | |
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Similar South Georgia shag, Otago shag, Blue‑eyed shag, Imperial shag, Rock shag | ||
Antarctic shag with chicks jougla point antarctica
The Antarctic shag (Phalacrocorax bransfieldensis), is a marine cormorant native to the South Shetland Islands and the Antarctic peninsula in the South Atlantic Ocean.
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Taxonomy and distribution
The Antarctic shag is one of the blue-eyed shags, sometimes placed in the genera Leucocarbo, and a subspecies of the imperial shag. It is often treated as a full species.
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