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Leucocarbo verrucosus (Kerguelen Shag)

Synonyms: Halieus verrucosus; Phalacrocorax albiventer verrucosus; Phalacrocorax atriceps verrucosus; Phalacrocorax verrucosus

Wikipedia Abstract

The Kerguelen shag (Phalacrocorax verrucosus) is a species of cormorant endemic to the Kerguelen Islands in the southern Indian Ocean, one of the most isolated places on Earth. Many authorities consider it a subspecies of the imperial shag.
View Wikipedia Record: Leucocarbo verrucosus

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  5.798 lbs (2.63 kg)
Clutch Size [3]  3
Clutches / Year [2]  1
Fledging [2]  56 days
Incubation [2]  29 days
Maximum Longevity [2]  11 years
Wing Span [3]  3.608 feet (1.1 m)

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Southern Indian Ocean Islands tundra South Africa, France, Australia Antarctic Tundra    

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Andracantha clavata[4]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Pruvost, P., Duhamel, G., Palomares, M.L.D., 2005. An ecosystem model of the Kerguelen IslandsÂ’ EEZ. In: Palomares, M.L.D., Pruvost, P., Pitcher, T.J., Pauly, D. (eds.) Modeling Antarctic marine ecosystems. Fisheries Centre Research Reports 13(7). Fisheries Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, pp. 40-64.
♦ 2Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 3del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 4Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0