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Leucocarbo carunculatus (rough-faced shag)

Synonyms: Leucocarbo carunculatus carunculatus; Pelecanus carunculatus; Phalacrocorax carunculatus

Wikipedia Abstract

The New Zealand king shag (Phalacrocorax carunculatus), also known as the rough-faced shag or king shag, is a rare bird endemic to New Zealand.
View Wikipedia Record: Leucocarbo carunculatus

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Leucocarbo carunculatus

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
3
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
42
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 7.23295
EDGE Score: 3.49444
Learn more at EDGE of Existence programme

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  5.681 lbs (2.577 kg)
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Piscivore
Diet - Fish [2]  50 %
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  50 %
Forages - Underwater [2]  100 %
Clutch Size [3]  2

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
New Zealand New Zealand Yes

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Nosopsyllus fasciatus (northern rat flea)[4]
Parapsyllus magellanicus magellanicus[4]

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
♦ 2Hamish 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
♦ 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.
♦ 4International Flea Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
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