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New Zealand King Shag
Leucocarbo carunculatus (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
Phalacrocoracidae — Cormorants, Shags
New Zealand King Shag Leucocarbo carunculatus is a cormorant in the family Phalacrocoracidae that breeds in the Cook Strait islands north of South Island, New Zealand. It is tied to the coastal waters of the Marlborough Sounds, where it nests at nine year-round colonies. The species is known for the yellow-orange swellings above the bill base, the blue eye-ring, and the white wing patches that show as bars when the wings are folded. It was first described in 1789 by Gmelin.
- Order
- Suliformes
- Family
- Phalacrocoracidae — Cormorants, Shags
- Breeding range
- Australasia: Cook Strait is. (n of South I., New Zealand)
