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Leucocarbo atriceps bransfieldensis (Antarctic shag)

Synonyms: Leucocarbo bransfieldensis; Phalacrocorax atriceps bransfieldensis; Phalacrocorax bransfieldensis

Wikipedia Abstract

The Antarctic shag (Phalacrocorax bransfieldensis), is a marine cormorant native to the South Shetland Islands and the Antarctic peninsula in the South Atlantic Ocean.
View Wikipedia Record: Leucocarbo atriceps bransfieldensis

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  6.005 lbs (2.724 kg)
Birth Weight [2]  59.1 grams
Female Weight [3]  5.679 lbs (2.576 kg)
Male Weight [3]  6.662 lbs (3.022 kg)
Weight Dimorphism [3]  17.3 %
Clutch Size [2]  3
Clutches / Year [1]  1
Mating System [2]  Monogamy

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Scotia Sea Islands tundra United Kingdom Antarctic Tundra    

Prey / Diet

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Pygoscelis adeliae (Adelie Penguin)2

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
♦ 3Marchant, S.; Higgins, PJ (eds.) 1990. The handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic birds, Vol. 1., ratites to ducks. Oxford University Press, Melbourne
♦ 4On the accuracy of the pellet analysis method to estimate the food intake in the Antarctic shag, Phalacrocorax bransfieldensis, Ricardo J. CASAUX, Folia Zool. – 52(2): 167–176 (2003)
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