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Little shag | Kawaupaka

Microcarbo melanoleucos

Conservation status: Relict

Phalacrocoracidae, Microcarbo

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

Black shag | Māpunga

Phalacrocorax carbo

Conservation status: Relict

Phalacrocoracidae, Phalacrocorax

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

Pied shag | Kāruhiruhi

Phalacrocorax varius

Conservation status: Recovering

Phalacrocoracidae, Phalacrocorax

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

Little black shag | Kawau tūī

Phalacrocorax sulcirostris

Conservation status: Naturally Uncommon

Phalacrocoracidae, Phalacrocorax

Other Names are: little black cormorant, kawau tui

Pitt Island shag | Kawau o Rangihaute

Phalacrocorax featherstoni

Conservation status: Nationally Vulnerable

Phalacrocoracidae, Phalacrocorax

Other Names are: Pitt Island cormorant, Pitt shag

Bounty Island shag

Leucocarbo ranfurlyi

Conservation status: Naturally Uncommon

Phalacrocoracidae, Leucocarbo

Other Names are: Bounty Island cormorant

New Zealand king shag | Kawau pāteketeke

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, kawau pateketeke