European Shag
Gulosus aristotelis
IUCN: Least Concern
Taxonomy
- Order
- Suliformes
- Family
- Phalacrocoracidae
- Genus
- Gulosus
- eBird Code
- eursha1
Subspecies (3)
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Gulosus aristotelis aristotelis
coastal Iceland, Faroe and British Isles, Scandinavia eastward to northwestern Russia, and northwestern France to Spain
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Gulosus aristotelis desmarestii
Mediterranean coasts and islands
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Gulosus aristotelis riggenbachi
western coast of Morocco (Casablanca to Puerto Cansado)
Data Sources
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.