Chatham Island shag  (Phalacrocorax onslowi)

Range

The Chatham Island shag is found on four of the Chatham Islands of New Zealand: it breeds on Chatham Island, Star Keys Island and Rabbit Island, and a non-breeding colony is found on North East Reef. It appears to have suffered severe decline in the last ten years, with just 270 pairs remaining in a total area of just one hectare. The reasons for its decline are not fully understood (2).

View a distribution map for this species at UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre.

Habitat

As a shore bird that does not venture out to the open ocean, the Chatham Island shag inhabits rocky cliffs (2).

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