Imperial Shag

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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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A large colony of Imperial Shags seen on Isla de Los Lobos by Becky.

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