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Leucocarbo atriceps (imperial shag; Imperial Cormorant)

Synonyms: Phalacrocorax atriceps

Infraspecies

Leucocarbo atriceps atriceps
Leucocarbo atriceps bransfieldensis (Antarctic shag) (Attributes)
Leucocarbo atriceps georgianus (South Georgia shag) (Attributes)
Leucocarbo atriceps nivalis (Heard Island Shag) (Attributes)

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
2
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
17
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 5.61107
EDGE Score: 1.88875
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  5.498 lbs (2.494 kg)
Birth Weight [2]  50 grams
Female Weight [4]  4.996 lbs (2.266 kg)
Male Weight [4]  5.988 lbs (2.716 kg)
Weight Dimorphism [4]  19.9 %
Diet [3]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Piscivore
Diet - Fish [3]  50 %
Diet - Invertibrates [3]  50 %
Forages - Underwater [3]  100 %
Clutch Size [5]  3
Clutches / Year [1]  1
Fledging [1]  56 days
Incubation [5]  28 days
Maximum Longevity [1]  11 years

Ecoregions

Important Bird Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Chilean Winter Rainfall-Valdivian Forests Chile No

Prey / Diet

Prey / Diet Overlap

Predators

Phalcoboenus australis (Striated Caracara)[9]

Consumers

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan 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
♦ 2Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605
♦ 3Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 4Johnsgard, PA 1993. Cormorants, Darters, and Pelicans of the World. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC
♦ 5del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 6FISHES IN THE DIET OF THE IMPERIAL CORMORANT PHALACROCORAX ATRICEPS AT PUNTA LOBERÍA CHUBUT, ARGENTINA, A.E. GOSZTONYI & L. KUBA, Marine Ornithology 26: 59–61
♦ 7THE DIETS AND DIETARY SEGREGATION OF SEABIRDS AT THE SUBANTARCTIC CROZET ISLANDS, VINCENT RIDOUX, MARINE ORNITHOLOGY Vol. 22 No. 1 1994
♦ 8THE DIET AND FORAGING BEHAVIOUR OF TWO PATAGONIAN CORMORANTS, G.E. PUNTA, J.R.C. SARAVIA & P.M. YORIO, Marine Ornithology 21, 1993, pp. 27-36
♦ 9Population growth and density, diet and breeding success of striated caracaras Phalcoboenus australis on New Island, Falkland Islands, Paulo Catry, Miguel Lecoq, Ian J. Strange, Polar Biology Volume 31, Number 10, 1167-1174
♦ 10Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
♦ 11Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 12International Flea Database
♦ 13Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
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