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Imperial Shag

Leucocarbo atriceps (King, PP 1828)

The imperial shag or imperial cormorant is a black and white cormorant native to southern South America, primarily in rocky coastal regions, but locally also at large inland lakes. Some taxonomic authorities, including the International Ornithologists' Union, place it in the genus Leucocarbo, others in the genus Phalacrocorax. It is also known as the blue-eyed shag, blue-eyed cormorant and by many other names, and is one of a larger group of cormorants called blue-eyed shags. The taxonomy is very complex, and several former subspecies are often considered separate species. Source: Wikipedia




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

Original description

Citation:
  (King, PP 1828)

Reference:
   Zool. J. London 4 p.102

Protonym:
  Phalacrocorax atriceps

Type locality:
  Straits of Magellan.

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27485018

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  88E0AC712539C898

Avibase ID:
  avibase-88E0AC71

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/88E0AC71

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 824003

Geographic range:

  • Leucocarbo atriceps: islands and coasts of southern Argentina and Chile
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Imperial Shag
Catalan:
Corb marí imperial
Czech:
kormorán modrooký
Danish:
Blåøjet Skarv
German:
Blauaugenscharbe
Spanish:
Cormorán Imperial
Finnish:
etelänmerimetso
French:
Cormoran impérial
Hungarian:
kékszemű kárókatona
Italian:
Cormorano imperiale
Japanese (romaji):
zuguromunajirohimeu
Japanese:
ズグロムナジロヒメウ
Lithuanian:
Mėlynakis kormoranas
Dutch:
Keizeraalscholver
Norwegian:
Knoppskarv
Polish:
kormoran niebieskooki
Portuguese:
Biguá-das-shetland
Portuguese (Brazil):
Biguá-das-shetland
Russian:
Голубоглазый баклан
Slovak:
kormorán modrooký
Swedish:
Kejsarskarv
Ukrainian:
Баклан імператорський
Chinese:
蓝眼鸬鹚
Chinese (Traditional):
藍眼鸕鷀

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Imperial Shag ( Leucocarbo atriceps) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Imperial Shag ( Leucocarbo atriceps) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Imperial Shag ( Leucocarbo atriceps) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Imperial Shag ( Phalacrocorax atriceps) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Imperial Shag ( Phalacrocorax atriceps) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Imperial Shag ( Phalacrocorax atriceps) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Imperial Shag ( Phalacrocorax atriceps) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Imperial Shag ( Phalacrocorax atriceps) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Imperial Shag ( Phalacrocorax atriceps) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Imperial Shag ( Phalacrocorax atriceps) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Imperial Shag ( Leucocarbo atriceps) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Leucocarbo atriceps atriceps [version 3]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Leucocarbo atriceps atriceps [version 3]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Leucocarbo atriceps atriceps [version 3]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Leucocarbo atriceps atriceps [version 3]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Leucocarbo atriceps atriceps [version 3]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
Leucocarbo atriceps atriceps [version 3]
Clements, version 2021:
Leucocarbo atriceps atriceps [version 3]
Clements, version 2022:
Leucocarbo atriceps atriceps [version 3]
Clements, version 2023:
Leucocarbo atriceps atriceps [version 3]
Clements, version 2024:
Leucocarbo atriceps atriceps [version 3]
Clements 4th edition:
Imperial Shag ( Phalacrocorax atriceps)
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Phalacrocorax atriceps atriceps [version 3]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Phalacrocorax atriceps atriceps [version 3]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Phalacrocorax atriceps atriceps [version 3]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Phalacrocorax atriceps atriceps [version 3]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Phalacrocorax atriceps atriceps [version 3]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Phalacrocorax atriceps atriceps [version 3]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Phalacrocorax atriceps atriceps [version 3]
Clements 6th edition:
Phalacrocorax atriceps atriceps [version 3]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Phalacrocorax atriceps atriceps [version 3]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Phalacrocorax atriceps atriceps [version 3]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Phalacrocorax atriceps atriceps [version 3]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Phalacrocorax atriceps atriceps [version 3]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Phalacrocorax atriceps atriceps [version 3]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Phalacrocorax atriceps atriceps [version 3]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Phalacrocorax atriceps atriceps [version 3]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Phalacrocorax atriceps atriceps [version 3]
Clements, version 2015:
Phalacrocorax atriceps atriceps [version 3]
Clements, version 2016:
Phalacrocorax atriceps atriceps [version 3]
Clements, version 2017:
Phalacrocorax atriceps atriceps [version 3]
Clements, version 2018:
Phalacrocorax atriceps atriceps [version 3]
Clements, version 2019:
Phalacrocorax atriceps atriceps [version 3]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Phalacrocorax atriceps atriceps [version 3]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Phalacrocorax atriceps atriceps [version 3]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Phalacrocorax atriceps atriceps [version 3]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Phalacrocorax atriceps atriceps [version 3]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Phalacrocorax atriceps atriceps [version 3]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Phalacrocorax atriceps atriceps [version 3]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Leucocarbo atriceps atriceps [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
Leucocarbo atriceps atriceps [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
Leucocarbo atriceps atriceps [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
Leucocarbo atriceps atriceps [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
Leucocarbo atriceps atriceps [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
Leucocarbo atriceps atriceps [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
Leucocarbo atriceps atriceps [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
Leucocarbo atriceps atriceps [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
Leucocarbo atriceps atriceps [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
Leucocarbo atriceps atriceps [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
Leucocarbo atriceps atriceps [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
Leucocarbo atriceps atriceps [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
Leucocarbo atriceps atriceps [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
Leucocarbo atriceps atriceps [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
Leucocarbo atriceps atriceps [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
Leucocarbo atriceps atriceps [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Leucocarbo atriceps atriceps [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
Leucocarbo atriceps atriceps [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
Leucocarbo atriceps atriceps [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
Leucocarbo atriceps atriceps [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
Leucocarbo atriceps atriceps [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
Leucocarbo atriceps atriceps [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Leucocarbo atriceps atriceps [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Leucocarbo atriceps atriceps [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Leucocarbo atriceps atriceps [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Leucocarbo atriceps atriceps [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Leucocarbo atriceps atriceps [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Leucocarbo atriceps atriceps [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Leucocarbo atriceps atriceps [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Leucocarbo atriceps atriceps [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Leucocarbo atriceps atriceps [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Leucocarbo atriceps atriceps [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Leucocarbo atriceps atriceps [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Leucocarbo atriceps atriceps [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Leucocarbo atriceps atriceps [version 3]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Leucocarbo atriceps atriceps [version 2]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Leucocarbo [atriceps or nivalis] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.


Azerbaijani: imperator qarabatdağı
Bengali: ঳ম্রাট ঱যাগ
Bengali (transliteration): samrāṭa śyāga*
Catalan: Corb marí imperial
Czech: Kormorán císarský, kormorán modrooký
Danish: Blåøjet Skarv
German: Blauaugenscharbe, Königsscharbe, Südamerikanische Blauaugenscharbe
English: Blue-eyed Cormorant, Blue-eyed Shag, Emperor Shag, Imperial Cormorant, Imperial or Heard Shag, Imperial Shag, King Cormorant, King Shag, South American blue-eyed cormorant
Esperanto: Imperia tufkormorano
Spanish: Biguá Vientre Blanco, Cormorá imperial, Cormorán Imperial
Spanish (Argentine): Cormorán imperial
Spanish (Chile): Cormorá imperial, Cormorán imperial
Spanish (Uruguay): Biguá Vientre Blanco
Estonian: lõunakormoran (lõunakarbas)
Finnish: Etelänmerimetso
French: Cormoran à dos blanc, Cormoran à ventre blanc, Cormoran impérial, Cormoran impérial ou C. de Heard
Hungarian: kékszemű kárókatona
Italian: Cormorano imperiale, Cormorano occhiazzurri, occhi azzurri
Japanese (romaji): zuguromunajirohimeu
Japanese: ズグロムナジロヒメウ, ヅグロムナヂロヒメウ
Kirghiz: император кара казы
Scientific: Carbo albiventer, Leucocarbo atriceps, Leucocarbo atriceps atriceps, Notocarbo atriceps, Notocarbo atriceps atriceps, Phalacrocorax albiventer, Phalacrocorax albiventer albiventer, Phalacrocorax atriceps, Phalacrocorax atriceps atriceps
Lithuanian: Mėlynakis kormoranas
Dutch: Blauwoogaalscholver, Keizeraalscholver, Keizersaalscholver
Norwegian: Knoppskarv
Polish: kormoran niebieskooki
Portuguese: Biguá-das-shetland
Portuguese (Brazil): Biguá-das-shetland
Russian: Голубоглазый баклан
Slovak: kormorán modrooký
Swedish: Kejsarskarv
Ukrainian: Баклан імператорський
Chinese: 蓝眼鸬鹚
Chinese (Traditional): 藍眼鸕鷀

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