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Leucocarbo colensoi (Auckland Islands shag)

Synonyms: Leucocarbo colensoi colensoi; Phalacrocorax colensoi

Wikipedia Abstract

The Auckland shag (Phalacrocorax colensoi) or Auckland Islands shag is a species of cormorant from New Zealand. The species is endemic to the Auckland Islands archipelago. It is a sedentary bird that primarily eats various crustaceans and fish. In recent years, roughly 1,000 pairs have been recorded. The Auckland shag is a colonial nester, building sizeable nests of, among other items, grass, twigs and seaweed. The Auckland shag lays three pale blue-green eggs in November-February. The incubation period is 26–32 days. The binomial name of this bird commemorates the naturalist William Colenso.
View Wikipedia Record: Leucocarbo colensoi

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Leucocarbo colensoi

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
3
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
42
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 7.19967
EDGE Score: 3.49039
Learn more at EDGE of Existence programme

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  4.16 lbs (1.887 kg)
Female Weight [1]  3.913 lbs (1.775 kg)
Male Weight [1]  4.409 lbs (2.00 kg)
Weight Dimorphism [1]  12.7 %
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Piscivore
Diet - Fish [2]  50 %
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  50 %
Forages - Underwater [2]  100 %
Clutch Size [3]  3
Incubation [3]  29 days
Wing Span [3]  3.444 feet (1.05 m)

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Antipodes Subantarctic Islands tundra Australia, New Zealand Australasia Tundra    

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Auckland Islands / Motu Maha Marine Reserve 1230585 New Zealand      
New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands World Heritage Site 3426838 New Zealand    

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
New Zealand New Zealand Yes

Prey / Diet

Pseudophycis bachus (Southern rockcod)[3]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Andracantha clavata[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.
♦ 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
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