Chatham Island shag  (Phalacrocorax onslowi)

Description

This large shag species has a short, Mohican-like crest on the top of the head. Its slim body is black with a metallic blue sheen on the upperparts, and white beneath. The wings have patches of white against the black background that appear as bars when the wings are folded against the body. The feet are pink and there is a patch of bare red skin beneath the eye, and a fleshy outgrowth of bare skin on top of the grey bill (2).

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