The Auckland shag or Auckland Islands shag is a species of cormorant from New Zealand. The species is endemic to the Auckland Islands archipelago. It is a sedentary bird that primarily eats various crustaceans and fish. In recent years, roughly 1,000 pairs have been recorded. The Auckland shag is a colonial nester, building sizeable nests of, among other items, grass, twigs and seaweed. The Auckland shag lays three pale blue-green eggs in November–February. The incubation period is 26–32 days. Source: Wikipedia
Citation:
(Buller, WL 1888)
Reference:
Hist. Birds New Zeal. ed. 2
ed.2, 2 p.161
Protonym:
Phalacrocorax colensoi
Type locality:
Auckland Islands.
Link:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53115349
Avibase ID:
3B5B61A009985C88
Avibase ID:
avibase-3B5B61A0
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/3B5B61A0
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 824010
English:
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Auckland Island Shag ( Leucocarbo colensoi) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Auckland Island Shag ( Leucocarbo colensoi) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Auckland Island Shag ( Leucocarbo colensoi) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Auckland Island Shag ( Phalacrocorax colensoi) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Auckland Island Shag ( Phalacrocorax colensoi) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Auckland Island Shag ( Phalacrocorax colensoi) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Auckland Island Shag ( Phalacrocorax colensoi) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Auckland Island Shag ( Phalacrocorax colensoi) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Auckland Island Shag ( Phalacrocorax colensoi) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Auckland Island Shag ( Phalacrocorax colensoi) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Auckland Island Shag ( Leucocarbo colensoi) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 00: Auckland Islands Shag ( Phalacrocorax colensoi) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 01: Auckland Islands Shag ( Phalacrocorax colensoi) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 02: Auckland Islands Shag ( Phalacrocorax colensoi) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 03: Auckland Islands Shag ( Phalacrocorax colensoi) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 04: Auckland Islands Shag ( Phalacrocorax colensoi) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Auckland Islands Shag ( Phalacrocorax colensoi) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Auckland Islands Shag ( Phalacrocorax colensoi) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Auckland Islands Shag ( Phalacrocorax colensoi) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Auckland Islands Shag ( Phalacrocorax colensoi) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Auckland Shag ( Phalacrocorax colensoi) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Auckland Shag ( Phalacrocorax colensoi) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Auckland Shag ( Phalacrocorax colensoi) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Auckland Shag ( Phalacrocorax colensoi) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Auckland Shag ( Phalacrocorax colensoi) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Auckland Shag ( Leucocarbo colensoi) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Auckland Shag ( Leucocarbo colensoi) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Auckland Shag ( Leucocarbo colensoi) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Auckland Shag ( Leucocarbo colensoi) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Auckland Shag ( Leucocarbo colensoi) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Auckland Islands Shag ( Leucocarbo colensoi) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Auckland Islands Shag ( Leucocarbo colensoi) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Auckland Islands Shag ( Leucocarbo colensoi) [version 1] |
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Cormoran des Auckland ( Phalacrocorax colensoi) [version 1] |
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Cormoran des Auckland ( Phalacrocorax colensoi) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2021: Auckland Islands Shag ( Leucocarbo colensoi) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2022: Auckland Islands Shag ( Leucocarbo colensoi) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2023: Auckland Islands Shag ( Leucocarbo colensoi) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2024: Auckland Islands Shag ( Leucocarbo colensoi) [version 1] |
Clements 4th edition: Auckland Shag ( Phalacrocorax colensoi) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (as published): Auckland Islands Shag ( Phalacrocorax colensoi) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Auckland Islands Shag ( Phalacrocorax colensoi) [version 1] |
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Auckland Islands Shag ( Phalacrocorax colensoi) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Auckland Islands Shag ( Phalacrocorax colensoi) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Auckland Islands Shag ( Phalacrocorax colensoi) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Auckland Islands Shag ( Phalacrocorax colensoi) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Auckland Islands Shag ( Phalacrocorax colensoi) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Auckland Islands Shag ( Phalacrocorax colensoi) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2015: Auckland Islands Shag ( Phalacrocorax colensoi) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2016: Auckland Islands Shag ( Phalacrocorax colensoi) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2017: Auckland Islands Shag ( Phalacrocorax colensoi) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2018: Auckland Islands Shag ( Phalacrocorax colensoi) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2019: Auckland Islands Shag ( Phalacrocorax colensoi) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.50: Auckland Islands Shag ( Phalacrocorax colensoi) [version 1] |
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eBird version 2018: Auckland Islands Shag ( Phalacrocorax colensoi) [version 1] |
eBird version 2019: Auckland Islands Shag ( Phalacrocorax colensoi) [version 1] |
eBird version 2021: Auckland Islands Shag ( Leucocarbo colensoi) [version 1] |
eBird version 2022: Auckland Islands Shag ( Leucocarbo colensoi) [version 1] |
eBird version 2023: Auckland Islands Shag ( Leucocarbo colensoi) [version 1] |
eBird version 2024: Auckland Islands Shag ( Leucocarbo colensoi) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Phalacrocorax campbelli colensoi [version 2] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Auckland Shag ( Phalacrocorax colensoi) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Auckland Shag ( Phalacrocorax colensoi) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Auckland Shag ( Phalacrocorax colensoi) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Auckland Shag ( Phalacrocorax colensoi) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Auckland Shag ( Phalacrocorax colensoi) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Auckland Shag ( Phalacrocorax colensoi) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Auckland Shag ( Phalacrocorax colensoi) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Auckland Shag ( Phalacrocorax colensoi) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Auckland Shag ( Phalacrocorax colensoi) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Phalacrocorax campbelli colensoi [version 2] |
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Phalacrocorax campbelli colensoi [version 2] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Auckland Shag ( Phalacrocorax colensoi) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Auckland Shag ( Phalacrocorax colensoi) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Auckland Shag ( Phalacrocorax colensoi) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Auckland Shag ( Phalacrocorax colensoi) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Auckland Shag ( Leucocarbo colensoi) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Auckland Shag ( Leucocarbo colensoi) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Auckland Shag ( Leucocarbo colensoi) [version 1] |
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Auckland Shag ( Leucocarbo colensoi) [version 1] |
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Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Phalacrocorax carunculatus colensoi [version 1] |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Phalacrocorax campbelli colensoi [version 2] |
Sibley and Monroe (1993): Auckland Islands Shag ( Phalacrocorax colensoi) [version 1] |
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Auckland Islands Shag ( Phalacrocorax colensoi) [version 1] |
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Auckland Islands Shag ( Phalacrocorax colensoi) [version 1] |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Phalacrocorax colensoi [version 1] |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Leucocarbo colensoi [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)
This taxon is considered a subspecies of
Leucocarbo [carunculatus, chalconotus, onslowi, colensoi or ranfurlyi]
(sensu lato) by some authors
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