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Campbell Shag
Leucocarbo campbelli (Filhol, 1878)
Phalacrocoracidae — Cormorants, Shags
Campbell Shag, Leucocarbo campbelli, breeds on Campbell Island in the south of New Zealand’s South Island, within Australasia. It is a cormorant in the family Phalacrocoracidae and was described by Filhol in 1878. The bird is confined to Campbell Island for breeding, and it feeds close to the island. Its head is looped in shape and its bill is long, features that help it take shellfish and other marine invertebrates. It uses fast, efficient diving cycles when it forages.
- Order
- Suliformes
- Family
- Phalacrocoracidae — Cormorants, Shags
- Breeding range
- Australasia: Campbell I. (s of South I., New Zealand)
