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Stewart Island Shag (stewarti)

Leucocarbo chalconotus stewarti (Ogilvie-Grant, WR 1898)

The Foveaux shag, together with the Otago shag formerly known as the Stewart Island shag and in its dark phase as the bronze shag, is a species of shag endemic to Stewart Island/Rakiura and Foveaux Strait, from which it takes its name. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Pelecaniformes
Family:
  Phalacrocoracidae
Genus:
   Leucocarbo
Scientific:
  Leucocarbo chalconotus stewarti

Original description

Citation:
  (Ogilvie-Grant, WR 1898)

Reference:
   Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. 26 p.385

Protonym:
  Phalacrocorax stewarti

Type locality:
  The Bluff, Southland, New Zealand

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/34474#page/409/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  810A69046D318D18

Avibase ID:
  avibase-810A6904

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/810A6904

Taxonomic Serial Number:

English:
Stewart Island Shag (stewarti)
German:
Stewartscharbe (stewarti)
Spanish:
Cormorán de Stewart (stewarti)
Spanish (Spain):
Cormorán de Stewart (stewarti)
French:
Cormoran bronzé (stewarti)
Icelandic:
Bronsskarfur (stewarti)
Japanese:
スチュワートウ（stewarti）
Norwegian:
bronseskarv (stewarti)
Polish:
kormoran nowozelandzki (stewarti)
Portuguese (Portugal):
corvo-marinho-da-ilha-stewart
Russian:
Стюартский баклан (stewarti)
Slovak:
kormorán rakiursky (skup.)
Swedish:
stewartskarv (stewarti)

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Stewart Island Shag (stewarti) ( Leucocarbo chalconotus stewarti)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Foveaux Shag ( Leucocarbo stewarti) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Foveaux Shag ( Leucocarbo stewarti) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Foveaux Shag ( Phalacrocorax stewarti) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Foveaux Shag ( Phalacrocorax stewarti) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Foveaux Shag ( Leucocarbo stewarti) [version 1]
Avilist 2025:
Leucocarbo chalconotus stewarti [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Leucocarbo chalconotus stewarti [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
Leucocarbo chalconotus stewarti [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Leucocarbo chalconotus stewarti [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Leucocarbo chalconotus stewarti [version 1]
Clements, version 2024:
Leucocarbo chalconotus stewarti [version 1]
Clements, version 2025:
Leucocarbo chalconotus stewarti [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
Phalacrocorax chalconotus stewarti [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Stewart Island Shag (Foveaux) ( Phalacrocorax chalconotus stewarti) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Stewart Island Shag (Foveaux) ( Leucocarbo chalconotus stewarti) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Stewart Island Shag (Foveaux) ( Leucocarbo chalconotus stewarti) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Stewart Island Shag (Foveaux) ( Leucocarbo chalconotus stewarti) [version 1]
eBird version 2024:
Stewart Island Shag (Foveaux) ( Leucocarbo chalconotus stewarti) [version 1]
eBird version 2025:
Stewart Island Shag (Foveaux) ( Leucocarbo chalconotus stewarti) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
Foveaux Shag ( Leucocarbo stewarti) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
Foveaux Shag ( Leucocarbo stewarti) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
Foveaux Shag ( Leucocarbo stewarti) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
Foveaux Shag ( Leucocarbo stewarti) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Foveaux Shag ( Leucocarbo stewarti) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Foveaux Shag ( Leucocarbo stewarti) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Foveaux Shag ( Leucocarbo stewarti) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Foveaux Shag ( Leucocarbo stewarti) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Foveaux Shag ( Leucocarbo stewarti) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Foveaux Shag ( Leucocarbo stewarti) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Foveaux Shag ( Leucocarbo stewarti) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Foveaux Shag ( Leucocarbo stewarti) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Foveaux Shag ( Leucocarbo stewarti) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Foveaux Shag ( Leucocarbo stewarti) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Foveaux Shag ( Leucocarbo stewarti) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Foveaux Shag ( Leucocarbo stewarti) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Foveaux Shag ( Leucocarbo stewarti) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1:
Leucocarbo chalconotus stewarti [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: subspecies (candidate for split)

This taxon is a subspecies of Leucocarbo chalconotus

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Related taxa

Alternative arrangements:  1  2 

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.


Czech: kormorán stewartský
Danish: Stewart Island-skarv
German: Stewartscharbe, Stewartscharbe (stewarti)
English: Foveaux Shag, Stewart Island Shag (Foveaux), Stewart Island Shag (stewarti)
English, HBW: Stewart Shag (Foveaux)
English (IOC): Foveaux Shag, Stewart Island Shag (Foveaux)
English (United States): Stewart Island Shag (Foveaux)
Spanish: Cormorán de Stewart (stewarti)
Spanish (Spain): Cormorán de Stewart (stewarti)
French: Cormoran bronzé (stewarti), Cormoran de Foveaux
Icelandic: Bronsskarfur (stewarti)
Japanese: スチュワートウ（stewarti）
Scientific: Leucocarbo chalconotus stewarti, Leucocarbo stewarti, Phalacrocorax chalconotus stewarti, Phalacrocorax stewarti
Dutch: Foveauxaalscholver
Norwegian: bronseskarv (stewarti), kewaskarv
Polish: kormoran nowozelandzki (stewarti), kormoran plamisty, kormoran zmienny
Portuguese: corvo-marinho-de-foveaux
Portuguese (Portugal): corvo-marinho-da-ilha-stewart
Russian: Стюартский баклан (stewarti)
Slovak: kormorán rakiursky, kormorán rakiursky (skup.)
Swedish: foveauxskarv, stewartskarv (stewarti)
Turkish: Otago karabatağı (stewarti)
Ukrainian: баклан ракіурайський
Chinese: 史都华岛鸬鹚
Chinese (Traditional): 史都華島鸕鷀

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