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Magellanic Cormorant (Leucocarbo magellanicus)

Magellanic Cormorant (Leucocarbo magellanicus)

Magellanic Cormorant (Leucocarbo magellanicus)



Magellanic Cormorant (Leucocarbo magellanicus) Magellanic Cormorant (Leucocarbo magellanicus)

Class: Aves
Family: Phalacrocoracidae
Common Name: Magellanic Cormorant
Genus: Leucocarbo
Species Name: magellanicus

About The Magellanic Cormorant

The Rock Shag breeds on the southern coasts of Argentina and Chile, including Tierra del Fuego and the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas). It can be found wintering as far north as Uraguay6.

Rights Holder: International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
Bibliographic Citation: BirdLife International 2012. Phalacrocorax magellanicus. In: IUCN 2014 . IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1 . <www.iucnredlist.org>

Trips Where Observed

Antarctica and Argentina
Argentina

Member Lifelists

Argentina
South America
World

Sites Where Observed

Location
Date
Notes
2/1/2005
Local name Rock Cormorant
11/26/2021
Magellanic Cormorant (Leucocarbo magellanicus)

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