Pitt Shag
Phalacrocorax featherstoniBuller, WL, 1873
English (US) Pitt Shag
The Pitt Shag (Phalacrocorax featherstoni) 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: Chatham Islands (New Zealand)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Phalacrocorax featherstoni
- Order
- Suliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Endangered
- English (US)
- Pitt Shag
- Described by
- Buller, WL, 1873
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Buller, WL, 1873
- Type locality
- Chatham Islands.
- Original description
- Ibis ser.3, vol.3, no.9 p.90
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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