Imperial Shag bird informationValues
Conservation statusLC - Least concern
SynonymsImperial Cormorant, Imperial or King Shag
Old latin name for birdPhalacrocorax atriceps
OrderGannets and relatives / Suliformes
FamilyCormorants, Shags / Phalacrocoracidae
GenusLeucocarbo
Breeding regionSouth America
Breeding subregioncoastal s South America and Falkland Is.

Imperial Shag bird sounds *

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  • 1.
    Call 2, © Bernabe Lopez-Lanus
    Argentina
  • 2.
    Call 2, © Bernabe Lopez-Lanus
    Argentina
  • 3.
    Call, © Michele Peron
    United Kingdom
  • 4.
    Call 1, © Bernabe Lopez-Lanus
    Argentina
  • 5.
    Call 1, © Bernabe Lopez-Lanus
    Argentina
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

Related species

Where to see Imperial Shag

Imperial Shag subspecies (2)

SubspeciesBreeding subregionNonbreeding subregionExtinct
Leucocarbo atriceps albiventerFalkland Is.-No
Leucocarbo atriceps atricepssc Chile and sc Argentina to Cape Horn-No

Translation

LanguageTranslation
Catalancorb marí imperial
Chinese蓝眼鸬鹚
Chinese (Traditional)藍眼鸕鷀
Croatianbjelotrbi vranac
Czechkormorán modrooký
DanishBlåøjet Skarv
DutchKeizeraalscholver
EsperantoImperia tufkormorano
Estonianlõunakormoran (lõunakarbas)
Finnishetelänmerimetso
FrenchCormoran impérial ou C. à ventre blanc, Cormoran impérial
GermanBlauaugenscharbe, Kaiserscharbe
Hungariankékszemű kárókatona
IcelandicBlámaskarfur
ItalianCormorano imperiale
Japaneseズグロムナジロヒメウ
Lithuanianmėlynakis kormoranas
NorwegianKnoppskarv, knoppskarv
Norwegian NynorskKnoppskarv
Polishkormoran niebieskooki
Portuguesecorvo-marinho-imperial, biguá-imperial
RussianГолубоглазый баклан
SerbianKraljevski vranac
Slovakkormorán modrooký
SpanishCormorá imperial, Cormorán imperial
Swedishkejsarskarv
TurkishMavi Gözlü Karabatak
Ukrainianбаклан імператорський