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Little shag

Phalacrocorax melanoleucos

Conservation status: Not Threatened

Phalacrocoracidae, Phalacrocorax

Other Names are: white-throated shag, little pied shag, little cormorant, kawau paka, little pied cormorant

Black shag

Phalacrocorax carbo

Conservation status: Naturally Uncommon

Phalacrocoracidae, Phalacrocorax

Other Names are: black cormorant, great cormorant, kawau, large black shag

Pied shag

Phalacrocorax varius

Conservation status: Recovering

Phalacrocoracidae, Phalacrocorax

Other Names are: pied cormorant, kāruhiruhi, karuhiruhi, kawau, yellow-faced cormorant , large pied shag

Little black shag

Phalacrocorax sulcirostris

Conservation status: Naturally Uncommon

Phalacrocoracidae, Phalacrocorax

Other Names are: little black cormorant, kawau tūi, kawau tui

New Zealand king shag

Leucocarbo carunculatus

Conservation status: Nationally Endangered

Phalacrocoracidae, Leucocarbo

Other Names are: king shag, kawau, New Zealand king cormorant, rough-faced shag, carunculated shag, Marlborough Sounds shag, Cook Strait cormorant

Stewart Island shag

Leucocarbo chalconotus

Conservation status: Recovering

Phalacrocoracidae, Leucocarbo

Other Names are: bronze shag, kawau, Stewart Island cormorant, Gray’s shag, Otago shag, Foveaux shag

Chatham Island shag

Leucocarbo onslowi

Conservation status: Nationally Critical

Phalacrocoracidae, Leucocarbo

Other Names are: Chatham Island cormorant, Chatham shag

Bounty Island shag

Leucocarbo ranfurlyi

Conservation status: Naturally Uncommon

Phalacrocoracidae, Leucocarbo

Other Names are: Bounty Island cormorant

Auckland Island shag

Leucocarbo colensoi

Conservation status: Nationally Vulnerable

Phalacrocoracidae, Leucocarbo

Other Names are: Auckland Island cormorant

Campbell Island shag

Leucocarbo campbelli

Conservation status: Naturally Uncommon

Phalacrocoracidae, Leucocarbo

Other Names are: Campbell Island cormorant

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