Imperial Shag

Taxonomy

Order

Suliformes

Family

Phalacrocoracidae

Genus

Leucocarbo

Subspecies (8)

• Leucocarbo atriceps albiventer

  Falkland Islands

• Leucocarbo atriceps atriceps

  islands and coasts of south-central Chile and Argentina southward to Cape Horn

• Leucocarbo atriceps bransfieldensis

  South Shetland Islands and Antarctic Peninsula

• Leucocarbo atriceps georgianus

  South Georgia, South Sandwich, and South Orkney islands

• Leucocarbo atriceps melanogenis

  Prince Edward, Marion, and Crozet islands

• Leucocarbo atriceps nivalis

  Heard Island (southern Indian Ocean)

• Leucocarbo atriceps purpurascens

  Macquarie Island and adjacent Bishop and Clerk Rocks (southeast of Australia)

• Leucocarbo atriceps verrucosus

  Kerguelen Island (southern Indian Ocean)