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Spotted Shag
Sign in to saveAlso known as Phalacrocorax punctatus, Stictocarbo punctatus
species of bird
Species
Least Concernblue shag
Species
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPelecaniformes
- FamilyPhalacrocoracidae
Habitatmarine
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Phalacrocorax
- Image
- Spotted Shag. NZ (Phalacrocorax punctatus). (29350774683).jpg
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- taxon name
- Phalacrocorax punctatus
- taxon rank
- species
- taxon common name
- corvo-marinho-sarapintado
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- Commons category
- Phalacrocorax punctatus
- wingspan
- 95
- short name
- P. punctatus
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Encyclopedic overview
The spotted shag or pārekareka (Phalacrocorax punctatus) is a species of cormorant endemic to New Zealand. Though originally classified as Phalacrocorax punctatus, it is sufficiently different in appearance from typical members of that genus that for a time it was placed in a separate genus, Stictocarbo, along with a similar species, the Pitt shag. Subsequent genetic studies show that the spotted shag's lineage is nested within the typical shags.
Taxonomy
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Spotted Shag” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.