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Suliformes / Phalacrocoracidae / Gulosus

European Shag

Gulosus aristotelis

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (eursha1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Suliformes
Family: Phalacrocoracidae
Genus: Gulosus

Subspecies (3)

Gulosus aristotelis aristotelis

coastal Iceland, Faroe and British Isles, Scandinavia eastward to northwestern Russia, and northwestern France to Spain
Gulosus aristotelis desmarestii

Mediterranean coasts and islands
Gulosus aristotelis riggenbachi

western coast of Morocco (Casablanca to Puerto Cansado)

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (eursha1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.