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Rough-faced Shag

Leucocarbo carunculatus (Gmelin, JF 1789)

The New Zealand king shag, also known as the rough-faced shag, king shag or kawau, is a rare bird endemic to New Zealand. Some taxonomic authorities, including the International Ornithologists' Union, place this species in the genus Leucocarbo. Others place it in the genus Phalacrocorax. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Pelecaniformes
Family:
  Phalacrocoracidae
Genus:
   Leucocarbo
Scientific:
  Leucocarbo carunculatus


Original description

Citation:
  (Gmelin, JF 1789)

Reference:
   Systema Naturae ed. 13, vol. 1, part 2 1 pt2 p.576

Protonym:
  Pelecanus carunculatus

Type locality:
  Queen Charlotte Sound, South Island, New Zealand and Staten Island, ex Latham.

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2656069


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  09D4D41136B40CF9

Avibase ID:
  avibase-09D4D411

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/09D4D411


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 824006


VULNERABLE

Geographic range:

  • Leucocarbo carunculatus: Islands in Cook Strait (New Zealand)
English:
Rough-faced Shag
Catalan:
Corb marí carunculat
Czech:
kormorán bradavičnatý
Danish:
Vorteskarv
German:
Warzenscharbe
Spanish:
Cormorán Carunculado
Spanish (Spain):
Cormorán Carunculado
Finnish:
maorimerimetso
French:
Cormoran caronculé
Croatian:
cookov vranac
Hungarian:
királykormorán
Icelandic:
Skrautskarfur
Italian:
Cormorano caruncolato
Japanese (romaji):
nodojiromunaobiu
Japanese:
ノドジロムナオビウ
Lithuanian:
Naujosios Zelandijos kormoranas
Dutch:
Wrattenaalscholver
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Vorteskarv
Norwegian:
Vorteskarv
Polish:
kormoran szorstkodzioby
Portuguese:
Biguá-carunculado
Portuguese (Portugal):
corvo-marinho-maori
Russian:
Королевский баклан
Slovak:
kormorán kráľovský
Serbian:
Novozelandski kraljevski vranac
Swedish:
vårtskarv
Ukrainian:
Баклан новозеландський
Chinese:
毛脸鸬鹚
Chinese (Traditional):
毛臉鸕鷀


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Rough-faced Shag ( Leucocarbo carunculatus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Rough-faced Shag ( Leucocarbo carunculatus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Rough-faced Shag ( Phalacrocorax carunculatus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Rough-faced Shag ( Phalacrocorax carunculatus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Rough-faced Shag ( Phalacrocorax carunculatus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Rough-faced Shag ( Phalacrocorax carunculatus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Rough-faced Shag ( Phalacrocorax carunculatus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Rough-faced Shag ( Phalacrocorax carunculatus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Rough-faced Shag ( Phalacrocorax carunculatus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Rough-faced Shag ( Leucocarbo carunculatus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00:
New Zealand King Shag ( Phalacrocorax carunculatus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
New Zealand King Shag ( Phalacrocorax carunculatus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
New Zealand King Shag ( Phalacrocorax carunculatus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
New Zealand King Shag ( Phalacrocorax carunculatus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
New Zealand King Shag ( Phalacrocorax carunculatus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
New Zealand King Shag ( Phalacrocorax carunculatus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
New Zealand King Shag ( Phalacrocorax carunculatus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
New Zealand King Shag ( Phalacrocorax carunculatus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
New Zealand King Shag ( Phalacrocorax carunculatus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Rough-faced Shag ( Phalacrocorax carunculatus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Rough-faced Shag ( Phalacrocorax carunculatus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Rough-faced Shag ( Phalacrocorax carunculatus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Rough-faced Shag ( Phalacrocorax carunculatus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Rough-faced Shag ( Phalacrocorax carunculatus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Rough-faced Shag ( Leucocarbo carunculatus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Rough-faced Shag ( Leucocarbo carunculatus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Rough-faced Shag ( Leucocarbo carunculatus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Rough-faced Shag ( Leucocarbo carunculatus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Rough-faced Shag ( Leucocarbo carunculatus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Rough-faced Shag ( Leucocarbo carunculatus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Rough-faced Shag ( Leucocarbo carunculatus) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Cormoran caronculé ( Phalacrocorax carunculatus) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Cormoran caronculé ( Phalacrocorax carunculatus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
New Zealand King Shag ( Leucocarbo carunculatus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
New Zealand King Shag ( Leucocarbo carunculatus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
New Zealand King Shag ( Leucocarbo carunculatus) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
Rough-faced Shag ( Phalacrocorax carunculatus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Rough-faced Shag ( Phalacrocorax carunculatus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Rough-faced Shag ( Phalacrocorax carunculatus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Rough-faced Shag ( Phalacrocorax carunculatus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Rough-faced Shag ( Phalacrocorax carunculatus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Rough-faced Shag ( Phalacrocorax carunculatus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Rough-faced Shag ( Phalacrocorax carunculatus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Rough-faced Shag ( Phalacrocorax carunculatus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
Rough-faced Shag ( Phalacrocorax carunculatus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Rough-faced Shag ( Phalacrocorax carunculatus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Rough-faced Shag ( Phalacrocorax carunculatus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Rough-faced Shag ( Phalacrocorax carunculatus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Rough-faced Shag ( Phalacrocorax carunculatus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Rough-faced Shag ( Phalacrocorax carunculatus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Rough-faced Shag ( Phalacrocorax carunculatus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Rough-faced Shag ( Phalacrocorax carunculatus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Rough-faced Shag ( Phalacrocorax carunculatus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
New Zealand King Shag ( Phalacrocorax carunculatus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
New Zealand King Shag ( Phalacrocorax carunculatus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
New Zealand King Shag ( Phalacrocorax carunculatus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
New Zealand King Shag ( Phalacrocorax carunculatus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
New Zealand King Shag ( Phalacrocorax carunculatus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
Rough-faced Shag ( Phalacrocorax carunculatus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
Rough-faced Shag ( Phalacrocorax carunculatus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
Rough-faced Shag ( Phalacrocorax carunculatus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
Rough-faced Shag ( Phalacrocorax carunculatus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
Rough-faced Shag ( Phalacrocorax carunculatus) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
New Zealand King Shag ( Phalacrocorax carunculatus) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
New Zealand King Shag ( Phalacrocorax carunculatus) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
New Zealand King Shag ( Phalacrocorax carunculatus) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
New Zealand King Shag ( Phalacrocorax carunculatus) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
New Zealand King Shag ( Phalacrocorax carunculatus) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
New Zealand King Shag ( Leucocarbo carunculatus) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
New Zealand King Shag ( Leucocarbo carunculatus) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
New Zealand King Shag ( Leucocarbo carunculatus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Phalacrocorax carunculatus carunculatus [version 2]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Rough-faced Shag ( Phalacrocorax carunculatus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Rough-faced Shag ( Phalacrocorax carunculatus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Rough-faced Shag ( Phalacrocorax carunculatus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Rough-faced Shag ( Phalacrocorax carunculatus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Rough-faced Shag ( Phalacrocorax carunculatus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Rough-faced Shag ( Phalacrocorax carunculatus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Rough-faced Shag ( Phalacrocorax carunculatus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Rough-faced Shag ( Phalacrocorax carunculatus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Rough-faced Shag ( Phalacrocorax carunculatus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Phalacrocorax carunculatus carunculatus [version 2]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Phalacrocorax carunculatus carunculatus [version 2]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Rough-faced Shag ( Phalacrocorax carunculatus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Rough-faced Shag ( Phalacrocorax carunculatus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Rough-faced Shag ( Phalacrocorax carunculatus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Rough-faced Shag ( Phalacrocorax carunculatus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Rough-faced Shag ( Leucocarbo carunculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Rough-faced Shag ( Leucocarbo carunculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Rough-faced Shag ( Leucocarbo carunculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
Rough-faced Shag ( Leucocarbo carunculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
Rough-faced Shag ( Leucocarbo carunculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
Rough-faced Shag ( Leucocarbo carunculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
Rough-faced Shag ( Leucocarbo carunculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
Rough-faced Shag ( Leucocarbo carunculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
Rough-faced Shag ( Leucocarbo carunculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
Rough-faced Shag ( Leucocarbo carunculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
Rough-faced Shag ( Leucocarbo carunculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
Rough-faced Shag ( Leucocarbo carunculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
Rough-faced Shag ( Leucocarbo carunculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
Rough-faced Shag ( Leucocarbo carunculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
Rough-faced Shag ( Leucocarbo carunculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
Rough-faced Shag ( Leucocarbo carunculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
Rough-faced Shag ( Leucocarbo carunculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
Rough-faced Shag ( Leucocarbo carunculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
Rough-faced Shag ( Leucocarbo carunculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
Rough-faced Shag ( Leucocarbo carunculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
Rough-faced Shag ( Leucocarbo carunculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
Rough-faced Shag ( Leucocarbo carunculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
Rough-faced Shag ( Leucocarbo carunculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
Rough-faced Shag ( Leucocarbo carunculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
Rough-faced Shag ( Leucocarbo carunculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
Rough-faced Shag ( Leucocarbo carunculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
Rough-faced Shag ( Leucocarbo carunculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
Rough-faced Shag ( Leucocarbo carunculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
Rough-faced Shag ( Leucocarbo carunculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
Rough-faced Shag ( Leucocarbo carunculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
New Zealand King Shag ( Leucocarbo carunculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
New Zealand King Shag ( Leucocarbo carunculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
New Zealand King Shag ( Leucocarbo carunculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
New Zealand King Shag ( Leucocarbo carunculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
New Zealand King Shag ( Leucocarbo carunculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
New Zealand King Shag ( Leucocarbo carunculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
New Zealand King Shag ( Leucocarbo carunculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
New Zealand King Shag ( Leucocarbo carunculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
New Zealand King Shag ( Leucocarbo carunculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
New Zealand King Shag ( Leucocarbo carunculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
New Zealand King Shag ( Leucocarbo carunculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
New Zealand King Shag ( Leucocarbo carunculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
New Zealand King Shag ( Leucocarbo carunculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
New Zealand King Shag ( Leucocarbo carunculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
New Zealand King Shag ( Leucocarbo carunculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
New Zealand King Shag ( Leucocarbo carunculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
New Zealand King Shag ( Leucocarbo carunculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
New Zealand King Shag ( Leucocarbo carunculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
New Zealand King Shag ( Leucocarbo carunculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
New Zealand King Shag ( Leucocarbo carunculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
New Zealand King Shag ( Leucocarbo carunculatus) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Phalacrocorax carunculatus carunculatus [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Phalacrocorax carunculatus carunculatus [version 2]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Rough-faced Shag ( Phalacrocorax carunculatus) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Rough-faced Shag ( Phalacrocorax carunculatus) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Rough-faced Shag ( Phalacrocorax carunculatus) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01:
New Zealand King Shag ( Leucocarbo carunculatus) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02:
New Zealand King Shag ( Leucocarbo carunculatus) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03:
New Zealand King Shag ( Leucocarbo carunculatus) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024):
New Zealand King Shag ( Leucocarbo carunculatus) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Phalacrocorax carunculatus [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Leucocarbo carunculatus [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Leucocarbo [carunculatus, chalconotus or onslowi] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Other synonyms

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Azerbaijani: Yeni Zelandiya qarabatdağı
Catalan: Corb marí carunculat
Czech: Kormorán bradavicnatý, kormorán bradavičnatý
Danish: Vorteskarv
German: Warzenscharbe
English: Carunculated Cormorant, Carunculated Shag, Cook Straits Cormorant, King Cormorant, King Shag, Marlborough Sound Cormorant, New Zealand King Cormorant, New Zealand King Shag, Rough faced Shag, Rough-faced Cormorant, Rough-faced Shag
English, HBW: Rough-faced Shag
English (IOC): New Zealand King Shag
English (New Zealand): King Shag
English (United States): New Zealand King Shag
Esperanto: kuk-markola kormorano
Spanish: Cormorán Carunculado, Cormorán de Nueva Zelanda
Spanish (Spain): Cormorán Carunculado
Spanish (HBW): New Zealand King Shag
Estonian: maoori pugalkarbas, maoori pugalkormoran, maoori pugalkormoran (maoori pugalkarbas)
Finnish: Maorimerimetso
French: Cormoran caronculé
Croatian: cookov vranac
Hungarian: királykormorán
Icelandic: Skrautskarfur
Italian: Cormorano caruncolato, Marangone caruncolato, Marangone reale dal ciuffo
Japanese (romaji): nodojiromunaobiu
Japanese: ノドジロムナオビウ, ノドヂロムナオビウ
Kirghiz: Жаны Зеландия кара казы
Scientific: Eulococarbo carunculatus, Leucocarbo carunculatus, Pelecanus carunculatus, Phalacrocorax carunculatus, Phalacrocorax carunculatus carunculatus
Lithuanian: Naujosios Zelandijos kormoranas
Maori: Kawau-paketeke
Dutch: Koningsaalscholver, Wrattenaalscholver
Norwegian Nynorsk: Vorteskarv
Norwegian: Vorteskarv
Polish: kormoran szorstkodzioby
Portuguese: Biguá-carunculado
Portuguese (Portugal): corvo-marinho-maori
Russian: Бронзовый баклан, Королевский баклан, Новозеландский баклан
Slovak: kormorán kráľovský
Serbian: Novozelandski kraljevski vranac
Swedish: Kungsskarv, vårtskarv
Turkish: Cook Boğazı Karabatağı
Ukrainian: Баклан новозеландський
Chinese: 毛脸鸬鹚
Chinese (Traditional): 毛臉鸕鷀

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