Rock Shag

Leucocarbo magellanicus - Cormoran de Magellan

Cormoran de Magellan
adult
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Suliformes

  • Family
    :

    Phalacrocoracidés

  • Genus
    :

    Leucocarbo

  • Species
    :

    magellanicus

Descriptor

Gmelin, JF, 1789

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 71 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 92 cm.
  • Weight
    : -
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Cormoran de Magellan
juvenile
Cormoran de Magellan

Rock Shag (Leucocarbo magellanicus) is a species of bird in the Phalacrocoracidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

  • Cormoran de Magellan,
  • Cormorán magallánico,
  • biguá-magalhânico,
  • Felsenscharbe,
  • sziklai kárókatona,
  • Magelhaenaalscholver,
  • Cormorano di Magellano,
  • magellanskarv,
  • Magellanskarv,
  • kormorán skalný,
  • kormorán skalní,
  • Magellanskarv,
  • patagonianmerimetso,
  • corb marí de Magallanes,
  • kormoran skalny,
  • Магелланов баклан,
  • クロクビムナジロヒメウ,
  • 岩鸬鹚,
  • magellanskarv,
  • 岩鸕鷀,

Habitat

Cormoran de Magellan
adult

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

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

Other sources of interest

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