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Imperial Shag

Leucocarbo atriceps
(King, PP, 1828)
Cormorán Imperial
Family: Phalacrocoracidae
Order: Suliformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia
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Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

Other common names: Cormorán Real.

Synonyms: Phalacrocorax atriceps.

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Foto
Photography ID: 629416
  Adult
Isla Martillo
Tierra del Fuego
Argentina
01/30/2025
Guillermo Marcaida
Foto
Photography ID: 605055
  Adult
Reserva Natural Punta Loma
Chubut
Argentina
09/18/2024
Guillermo Marcaida
Foto
Photography ID: 249545
  Adult
Reserva Natural Punta Loma
Chubut
Argentina
02/04/2018
Guillermo Marcaida
Foto
Photography ID: 249468
 Puerto Deseado
Santa Cruz
Argentina
02/01/2018
Guillermo Marcaida
Foto
Photography ID: 114314
  Adult
Quequén
Buenos Aires
Argentina
07/09/2015
Guillermo Marcaida
Foto
Photography ID: 114313
  Adult
Quequén
Buenos Aires
Argentina
07/09/2015
Guillermo Marcaida



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
226977630/01/2025ArgentinaTierra del FuegoIsla MartilloGuillermo Marcaida
217267518/09/2024ArgentinaChubutReserva Natural Punta LomaGuillermo Marcaida
217231018/09/2024ArgentinaChubutReserva Natural Punta LomaGuillermo Marcaida
217227916/09/2024ArgentinaChubutReserva Natural Punta LomaGuillermo Marcaida
119586514/01/2020ArgentinaChubutPuerto de Comodooro Rivadvia, Comodoro RivadaviaGuillermo Marcaida
118733906/01/2020ArgentinaTierra del FuegoCanal Beagle (entre Ushuaia e Isla Gable)Guillermo Marcaida
70333004/02/2018ArgentinaChubutReserva Natural Punta LomaGuillermo Marcaida
70323601/02/2018ArgentinaSanta CruzPuerto DeseadoGuillermo Marcaida
70322201/02/2018ArgentinaSanta CruzParque Interjurisdiccional Marino Isla PingüinoGuillermo Marcaida
32836609/07/2015ArgentinaBuenos AiresQuequénGuillermo Marcaida
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Imperial Shag (Leucocarbo atriceps) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 12/04/2026.