© Rebecca N - monacoeye • All rights reserved • Los Lobos, Jan 2010

Bird name: Imperial Shag
Latin: Leucocarbo atriceps
Other: Cormorán imperial (Es) • Blue-eyed Shag or Cormorant
Family: Phalacrocoracidae • Cormorants, Shags
Range: Antarctica, South America, Falklands, Heard, South Shetland Is
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Many thanks to Becky for these shots of a large colony of Imperial Shags on Isla de Los Lobos.

Imperial shags are part of the Blue-eyed Shag complex whose species boundaries are being continually redefined.

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Bird name: Rock Shag
Latin: Phalacrocorax magellanicus
Other: Cormorán de cuello negro (Es)
Family: Phalacrocoracidae • Cormorants, Shags
Range: Chile, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, Uruguay, Falklands
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Rock Shags can quickly be identified by their red facial skin. Seen here on Isla de Los Lobos in the Beagle Channel by Becky.

032 Phalacrocoracidae • Cormorants - IOC 2.5 - 2010

Microcarbo - split from Phalacrocorax
Microcarbo melanoleucos - Little Pied Cormorant - Widespread Australasia
Microcarbo africanus - Reed Cormorant - Widespread Africa
Microcarbo coronatus - Crowned Cormorant - SW coast
Microcarbo niger - Little Cormorant - Widespread Asia
Microcarbo pygmeus - Pygmy Cormorant - SE Europe

Phalacrocorax gaimardi - Red-legged Cormorant - W coast - was Shag
Phalacrocorax harrisi - Flightless Cormorant - Galápagos Islands - close to Double-crested and Neotropic cormorants
Phalacrocorax neglectus - Bank Cormorant - SW coast
Phalacrocorax punctatus - Spotted Shag - New Zealand
Phalacrocorax featherstoni - Pitt Shag - Chatham Islands
Phalacrocorax penicillatus - Brandt's Cormorant - W coast
Phalacrocorax pelagicus - Pelagic Cormorant - N coasts - New name
Phalacrocorax urile - Red-faced Cormorant - N coasts - Was Phalacrocorax urile
Phalacrocorax brasilianus - Neotropic Cormorant - Widespread Latin America,also S USA
Phalacrocorax auritus - Double-crested Cormorant - Widespread North America, Middle America
Phalacrocorax aristotelis - European Shag - W coasts, Eurasia, also N Africa
Phalacrocorax fuscescens - Black-faced Cormorant - S Australian coast
Phalacrocorax fuscicollis - Indian Cormorant - India, Southeast Asia
Phalacrocorax sulcirostris - Little Black Cormorant - Australasia, also to Indonesia
Phalacrocorax varius - Australian Pied Cormorant - Australia, New Zealand
Phalacrocorax carbo - Great Cormorant - Eurasia, Australasia, Asia, also NE North America, N Africa
Phalacrocorax lucidus - White-breasted Cormorant - W, S, E Africa
Phalacrocorax capillatus - Japanese Cormorant - E Eurasia
Phalacrocorax capensis - Cape Cormorant - S coasts
Phalacrocorax nigrogularis - Socotra Cormorant - Persian Gulf
Phalacrocorax magellanicus - Rock Shag - S coasts

Leucocarbo includes at least 10 core species
Leucocarbo bougainvillii - Guanay Cormorant - W coast
Leucocarbo atriceps - Imperial Shag - coasts, Antarctica, South America, also Heard I, Shetland Is - Species uncertain
Leucocarbo albiventer - King Shag - S South America, Falklands, Marion, Crozet, Prince Edward, and Macquarie Is. South America - King Shag and Imperial Shag uncertain
Leucocarbo verrucosus - Kerguelen Shag - Kerguelen Islands
Leucocarbo carunculatus - Rough-faced Shag - New Zealand, South Island
Leucocarbo chalconotus - Bronze Shag - New Zealand, Stewart Island
Leucocarbo onslowi - Chatham Shag - Chatham Islands
Leucocarbo campbelli - Campbell Shag - Campbell Island
Leucocarbo colensoi - Auckland Shag - Auckland Islands
Leucocarbo ranfurlyi - Bounty Shag - Bounty Island