Species profile
Crozet Shag
Phalacrocorax melanogenis
Quick answer
Prince Edward, Marion and Crozet islands
- Scientific name
- Phalacrocorax melanogenis
- Family
- Phalacrocoracidae
- Order
- Suliformes
- Genus
- Phalacrocorax
Recording Crozet Shag in your journal
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Related species in Phalacrocoracidae
- Auckland Islands Shag (Leucocarbo colensoi)
- Bank Cormorant (Phalacrocorax neglectus)
- Black-faced Cormorant (Phalacrocorax fuscescens)
- Borvocarbo guilloti (Borvocarbo guilloti)
- Borvocarbo stoeffelensis (Borvocarbo stoeffelensis)
- Borvocarbo tardatus (Borvocarbo tardatus)
- Bounty Shag (Leucocarbo ranfurlyi)
- Brandt's cormorant (Phalacrocorax penicillatus)