Imperial Shag

Leucocarbo atriceps - Cormoran impérial

Cormoran impérial
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Suliformes

  • Family
    :

    Phalacrocoracidés

  • Genus
    :

    Leucocarbo

  • Species
    :

    atriceps

Descriptor

King, PP, 1828

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 76 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : 1800 à 3500 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Cormoran impérial
adult plum. breeding
Cormoran impérial
adult

Imperial Shag (Leucocarbo atriceps) is a species of bird in the Phalacrocoracidae family.

Subspecific information 2 subspecies

  • Leucocarbo atriceps atriceps (s South America)
  • Leucocarbo atriceps albiventer (Falkland Is.)

Foreign names

  • Cormoran impérial,
  • Cormorán imperial,
  • biguá-imperial,
  • Kaiserscharbe,
  • kékszemű kárókatona,
  • Keizeraalscholver,
  • Cormorano imperiale,
  • kejsarskarv,
  • Knoppskarv,
  • kormorán modrooký,
  • kormorán modrooký,
  • Blåøjet Skarv,
  • etelänmerimetso,
  • corb marí imperial,
  • kormoran niebieskooki,
  • Голубоглазый баклан,
  • ズグロムナジロヒメウ,
  • 蓝眼鸬鹚,
  • kejsarskarv,
  • 藍眼鸕鷀,

Voice song and cries

Cormoran impérial
adult plum. breeding

Habitat

Cormoran impérial

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

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