• Synonyms Imperial or South Georgia Shag, Imperial Cormorant, Imperial or King Shag
  • Old latin name for bird Phalacrocorax atriceps, Carbo albiventer, Phalacrocorax albiventer

Imperial Shagbird sounds *

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  • 1.
    Call, © GABRIEL LEITE
    Argentina
  • 2.
    Call, © Sebastián Saiter V.
    Chile
  • 3.
    Call, duet, Female calling the chicks and leading them, © Meena Haribal
    United Kingdom
  • 4.
    Call, duet, Female calling the chicks and leading them, © Meena Haribal
    United Kingdom
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

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Where to see Imperial Shag

  • Breeding region South America
  • Breeding subregion coastal s South America and Falkland Is.

Imperial Shag subspecies (2)

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

Species Name in Other Languages

LanguageTranslation
AfrikaansKeiserduiker
BulgarianИмператорски корморан
Catalancorb marí imperial
Chinese蓝眼鸬鹚
Chinese (Traditional)藍眼鸕鷀
Croatianbjelotrbi vranac
CzechKormorán jižní, kormorán modrooký
DanishSydgeorgisk Skarv, Blåøjet Skarv
DutchBlauwoogaalscholver, Keizeraalscholver
EsperantoImperia tufkormorano, imperia kormorano
Estonianlõuna-georgia kormoran (lõuna-georgia karbas), lõunakormoran (lõunakarbas)
Finnishetelänmerimetso, Etelägeorgianmerimetso
FrenchCormoran impérial, Cormoran impérial ou C. à ventre blanc, Cormoran impérial ou C. géorgien
GermanBlauaugenscharbe, Südgeorgienscharbe, Kaiserscharbe
Hungariankékszemű kárókatona
IcelandicBlámaskarfur
ItalianCormorano della Giorgia australe, Cormorano imperiale
Japaneseズグロムナジロヒメウ, サウスジョアジアムナジロヒメウ
Lithuanianmėlynakis kormoranas
Norwegianknoppskarv
Norwegian NynorskKnoppskarv
Polishkormoran niebieskooki
Portuguesecorvo-marinho-imperial, Biguá-das-shetland, Biguá-imperial
RussianГолубоглазый баклан
SerbianKraljevski vranac
Slovakkormorán modrooký
SpanishCormorán de Georgia, Biguá Vientre Blanco, Cormorá imperial, Cormorán imperial
Swedishkejsarskarv
TurkishMavi Gözlü Karabatak
Ukrainianбаклан імператорський
Zuluiphishamanzi laseMarion