The spotted shag or parekareka (Phalacrocorax punctatus) is a species of cormorant endemic to New Zealand. Originally classified as Phalacrocorax punctatus, it is sufficiently different in appearance from typical members of that genus that to be for a time placed in a separate genus, Stictocarbo, along with another similar species, the Pitt shag.
Description
Juvenile, note spots on back and wings
Compared with typical cormorants, the spotted shag is a light-coloured bird. Its back is brown. Its belly is pale blue-grey (often appearing white), and the white continues up the sides of the neck and face, but the throat and the top of the head are dark blue-green. In the mating season, it has an obvious double crest. There is little sexual dimorphism.
Wrth gysylltu rhyw waith â'r weithred gyfreithiol hon, mae'r person a'i gysylltodd wedi ei gyflwyno i'r parth cyhoeddus gan ildio pob hawl cyfraith hawlfraint arno yn fydeang, gan gynnwys pob hawl perthynol a chyfagos, hyd eithaf y gyfraith. Gallwch gopïo, addasu, dosbarthu a pherfformio'r gwaith, hyd yn oed at bwrpas masnachol, a hynny oll heb ofyn caniatad.
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