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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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Latest feeding records
Is consumed, preyed upon or captured by
GroupSpeciesDateUser
BirdsCarancho (Caracara plancus)14/04/2018Pablo Matías Jusim



Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 678322
  Adult
Ushuaia
Tierra del Fuego
Argentina
03/10/2026
Edgar Romeo
Foto
Photography ID: 668329
  Adult
Ushuaia
Tierra del Fuego
Argentina
01/11/2026
Luis O. Lopez
Foto
Photography ID: 601671
 Ushuaia
Tierra del Fuego
Argentina
09/02/2024
Angel Siguen
Foto
Photography ID: 600294
 Ushuaia
Tierra del Fuego
Argentina
09/06/2024
Angel Siguen
Foto
Photography ID: 559668
♂ ♀ Ushuaia
Tierra del Fuego
Argentina
10/24/2023
Carlos F. Danti
Foto
Photography ID: 537122
♂ ♀  Adult
Ushuaia
Tierra del Fuego
Argentina
01/09/2014
Martín Lépez
Foto
Photography ID: 533477
  Adult
Ushuaia
Tierra del Fuego
Argentina
04/21/2023
Susana Gomez
Foto
Photography ID: 524699
♂ ♀  Adult
Ushuaia
Tierra del Fuego
Argentina
02/16/2023
Irma Beatriz Romero
Foto
Photography ID: 524494
  Adult
Ushuaia
Tierra del Fuego
Argentina
02/03/2011
Ramon Moller Jensen
Foto
Photography ID: 524493
  Adult
Ushuaia
Tierra del Fuego
Argentina
02/03/2011
Ramon Moller Jensen
Foto
Photography ID: 524492
  Adult
Ushuaia
Tierra del Fuego
Argentina
02/03/2011
Ramon Moller Jensen



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
244840410/03/2026ArgentinaTierra del FuegoIsla martillo, UshuaiaEdgar Romeo
241818411/01/2026ArgentinaTierra del FuegoReserva Natural Urbana Bahía Encerrada, UshuaiaLuis O. Lopez
239644507/12/202510:51ArgentinaTierra del FuegoUshuaia1Gustavo Fernando Durán
239632806/12/202517:49ArgentinaTierra del FuegoRuta Nacional 3 kilómetro 3067, Ushuaia1Gustavo Fernando Durán
239626705/12/202519:23ArgentinaTierra del FuegoRuta Nacional 3 kilómetro 3067, Ushuaia1Gustavo Fernando Durán
239622105/12/202512:11ArgentinaTierra del FuegoRuta Nacional 3 kilómetro 3067, Ushuaia1Gustavo Fernando Durán
239621005/12/202510:43ArgentinaTierra del FuegoRuta Nacional 3 kilómetro 3067, Ushuaia18Gustavo Fernando Durán
239601803/12/202514:15ArgentinaTierra del FuegoGobernador Pedro Godoy 186, Ushuaia1Gustavo Fernando Durán
239598603/12/202509:35ArgentinaTierra del FuegoRuta Provincial 30 1465, Ushuaia1Gustavo Fernando Durán
232753726/07/2025ArgentinaTierra del FuegoUshuaia--Bahía Golondrina, Ushuaia5Lionel Medina
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Imperial Shag (Leucocarbo atriceps) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 23/03/2026.