Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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

Your sightings

Related taxa

Alternative arrangements:  1  2  3  4 

Highlight taxa in a checklist (shown in red)
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Other related concepts

• Leucocarbo [nivalis x verrucosus] (hybrid)

Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Azerbaijani: Kergelen qarabatdağı
Catalan: Corb marí de les illes Kerguelen
Czech: Kormorán kerguelenský
Danish: Kerguelenskarv
German: Kerguelen Scharbe, Kerguelenscharb, Kerguelenscharbe
English: Kerguele Islands Shag, Kerguelen Cormorant, Kerguelen Islands Shag, Kerguelen Shag
English, HBW: Kerguelen Shag
English (IOC): Kerguelen Shag
English (United States): Kerguelen Shag
Esperanto: Kergelena tufkormorano
Spanish: Cormorán de Kerguelen, Cormorán de las Kerguelen
Spanish (Spain): Cormorán de Las Kerguelen
Spanish (HBW): Kerguelen Shag
Estonian: kergueleni karbas, kergueleni kormoran, kergueleni kormoran (kergueleni karbas)
Finnish: Kergueleninmerimetso
French: Cormoran des Kerguelen
Croatian: kerguelenski vranac
Hungarian: varacskos kárókatona
Icelandic: Skriðskarfur
Italian: Cormorano delle Kerguelen, Cormorano dell'Isola Kerguelen, Marangone dell'Isola Kerguelen
Japanese (romaji): kerugerenhimeu
Japanese: ケルゲレンヒメウ
Kirghiz: Кергелен кара казы
Scientific: Halieus (Hypoleucus) verrucosus, Leucocarbo atriceps verrucosus, Leucocarbo verrucosus, Notocarbo verrucosus, Phalacrocorax albiventer verrucosus, Phalacrocorax atriceps verrucosus, Phalacrocorax verrucosus
Lithuanian: Kergeleninis kormoranas
Dutch: Kerguelenaalscholver, Kerguelen-aalscholver
Norwegian Nynorsk: Kerguelenskarv
Norwegian: Kerguelenskarv
Polish: kormoran kerguelenski, kormoran kergueleński
Portuguese: Biguá-das-kerguelen
Portuguese (Portugal): corvo-marinho-das-kerguelen
Russian: Кергеленский баклан
Slovak: kormorán kerguelenský
Serbian: Kergelenski vranac
Swedish: Kerguelenskarv
Turkish: Kerguelen Karabatağı
Ukrainian: Баклан кергеленський
Chinese: 克岛鸬鹚
Chinese (Traditional): 克格連鸕鷀