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Imperial Shag

Leucocarbo atriceps
(King, PP, 1828)
Cormorán Imperial
Family: Phalacrocoracidae
Order: Suliformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia
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Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

Other common names: Cormorán Real.

Synonyms: Phalacrocorax atriceps.

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Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 663597
  Adult
Las Grutas
Río Negro
Argentina
10/05/2025
Gustavo Abel Larracoechea
Foto
Photography ID: 578246
  Adult
Las Grutas
Río Negro
Argentina
03/15/2024
Enrique Sanz
Foto
Photography ID: 578245
  Adult
Las Grutas
Río Negro
Argentina
03/15/2024
Enrique Sanz
Foto
Photography ID: 578244
  Adult
Las Grutas
Río Negro
Argentina
03/15/2024
Enrique Sanz
Foto
Photography ID: 561457
  Adult
Las Grutas
Río Negro
Argentina
09/08/2023
Adrian Dario Barboza
Foto
Photography ID: 385896
  Adult
Las Grutas
Río Negro
Argentina
02/17/2020
Carlos De Biagi
Foto
Photography ID: 129471
  Juvenile
Las Grutas
Río Negro
Argentina
02/16/2009
Luis Cesar Tejo
Foto
Photography ID: 90642
  Adult
Las Grutas
Río Negro
Argentina
03/23/2015
Adriana Bellotti
Foto
Photography ID: 44677
 Las Grutas
Río Negro
Argentina
03/19/2014
Patricio M. Silfeni
Foto
Photography ID: 28541
  Adult
Las Grutas
Río Negro
Argentina
08/11/2013
Patricio M. Silfeni



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
240101505/10/2025ArgentinaRío NegroPlaya Piedras coloradas, Las GrutasGustavo Abel Larracoechea
201669615/03/2024ArgentinaRío NegroPlaya Los Gaitas, Las GrutasEnrique Sanz
193438008/09/2023ArgentinaRío NegroLas GrutasAdrian Dario Barboza
120611817/02/2020ArgentinaRío NegroJahuel Refugio de Vida Silvestre, Las GrutasCarlos De Biagi
26261823/03/2015ArgentinaRío NegroLas GrutasAdriana Bellotti
26198123/03/2015ArgentinaRío NegroPiedras coloradas, Las GrutasFacundo Rosati
26257222/03/2015ArgentinaRío NegroLas GrutasAdriana Bellotti
12675319/03/2014ArgentinaRío NegroLas GrutasPatricio M. Silfeni
11909801/03/2014ArgentinaRío NegroLas GrutasMarcelo Gavensky
7760811/08/2013ArgentinaRío NegroPiedras coloradas, Las GrutasPatricio M. Silfeni
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Imperial Shag (Leucocarbo atriceps) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 22/03/2026.