Species profile
Pitt Island Shag
Phalacrocorax featherstoni
Quick answer
Chatham Islands (New Zealand)
- Scientific name
- Phalacrocorax featherstoni
- Family
- Phalacrocoracidae
- Order
- Suliformes
- Genus
- Phalacrocorax
- Conservation status
- Endangered
Recording Pitt Island Shag in your journal
When you see this bird, log the sighting with the date, the place and any photos. If it's your first, Feather Journal marks it as a lifer and adds it to your life list automatically — no spreadsheet, no re-typing.
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)