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Leucocarbo chalconotus (bronze shag; Stewart Shag)

Synonyms: Leucocarbo chalconotus chalconotus; Phalacrocorax chalconotus

Wikipedia Abstract

The Otago shag, Phalacrocorax (Leucocarbo) chalconotus, formerly known as the Stewart Island shag and in its dark phase as the bronze shag, is a species of shag now found only in coastal Otago, New Zealand.
View Wikipedia Record: Leucocarbo chalconotus

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Leucocarbo chalconotus

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
2
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
39
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 5.59848
EDGE Score: 3.27313

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  4.993 lbs (2.265 kg)
Female Weight [3]  3.999 lbs (1.814 kg)
Male Weight [3]  5.99 lbs (2.717 kg)
Weight Dimorphism [3]  49.8 %
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Piscivore
Diet - Fish [2]  70 %
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  30 %
Forages - Underwater [2]  100 %
Clutch Size [4]  3
Egg Length [1]  2.598 inches (66 mm)
Egg Width [1]  1.654 inches (42 mm)
Mating Display [4]  Ground display
Mating System [4]  Monogamy

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
New Zealand New Zealand Yes

Prey / Diet

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
3Marchant, S.; Higgins, PJ (eds.) 1990. The handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic birds, Vol. 1., ratites to ducks. Oxford University Press, Melbourne
4Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605
5Jorrit 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.
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