New Zealand King Shag
Leucocarbo carunculatus(Gmelin, JF, 1789)
English (US) New Zealand King Shag
The New Zealand King Shag (Leucocarbo carunculatus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Phalacrocoracidae (Cormorants and Shags) in the order Suliformes.
Range: islands in Marlborough Sounds, Cook Strait (New Zealand)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Leucocarbo carunculatus
- Order
- Suliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- New Zealand King Shag
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Pelecanus carunculatus
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
- Type locality
- Queen Charlotte Sound, South Island, New Zealand and Staten Island, ex Latham.
- Original description
- Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I. Pars II 1 pt2 p.576
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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