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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: 628711
  Immature
Isla Martillo
Tierra del Fuego
Argentina
01/31/2025
Elsa Longo
Foto
Photography ID: 604600
  Adult
Reserva Natural Punta Loma
Chubut
Argentina
09/16/2024
Elsa Longo
Foto
Photography ID: 380525
 Canal Beagle
Tierra del Fuego
Argentina
01/06/2020
Elsa Longo
Foto
Photography ID: 380270
  Adult
Parque Nacional Monte León
Santa Cruz
Argentina
01/05/2020
Elsa Longo
Foto
Photography ID: 251033
  Adult
Reserva Natural Punta Loma
Chubut
Argentina
02/04/2018
Elsa Longo



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
226785631/01/2025ArgentinaTierra del FuegoIsla MartilloElsa Longo
217215718/09/2024ArgentinaChubutReserva Natural Punta LomaElsa Longo
216884816/09/2024ArgentinaChubutReserva Natural Punta LomaElsa Longo
119671714/01/2020ArgentinaChubutPuerto de Comodoro Rivadavia, Comodoro RivadaviaElsa Longo
118758806/01/2020ArgentinaTierra del FuegoEntre Ushuaia y la isla Gable, Canal BeagleElsa Longo
118729205/01/2020ArgentinaSanta CruzParque Nacional Monte León, Parque Nacional Monte LeónElsa Longo
70707004/02/2018ArgentinaChubutReserva Natural Punta LomaElsa Longo
70701001/02/2018ArgentinaSanta CruzParque Interjurisdiccional Marino Isla PingüinoElsa Longo
36169309/07/2015ArgentinaBuenos AiresQuequénElsa Longo
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Citation recommended:

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