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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: 265135
  Adult
Canal del Chacao
Región de Los Lagos
Chile
05/05/2018
Diego Oscar
Foto
Photography ID: 97725
  Adult
Canal Beagle
Tierra del Fuego
Argentina
05/02/2015
Diego Oscar
Foto
Photography ID: 44032
  Juvenile
Playa Unión
Chubut
Argentina
03/02/2014
Diego Oscar
Foto
Photography ID: 44031
  Adult
Playa Unión
Chubut
Argentina
03/02/2014
Diego Oscar
Foto
Photography ID: 42391
  Adult
Golfo Nuevo
Chubut
Argentina
03/01/2014
Diego Oscar



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
239229812/11/2025ArgentinaTierra del FuegoParque Nacional Tierra del Fuego5Diego Oscar
239228511/11/2025ArgentinaTierra del FuegoNavegacion Usuahia - Isla Martillo800Diego Oscar
239221609/11/2025ArgentinaTierra del FuegoRNU Costa Norte, Río Grande1Diego Oscar
239214007/11/2025ChileRegión de Magallanes y la Antártica ChilenaFerry Punta Arenas-porvenir (pelágico)8Diego Oscar
239212607/11/2025ChileRegión de Magallanes y la Antártica ChilenaTerminal Tres Puentes4Diego Oscar
239209407/11/2025ChileRegión de Magallanes y la Antártica ChilenaBahia Carrera10Diego Oscar
239207907/11/2025ChileRegión de Magallanes y la Antártica ChilenaRuta 93Diego Oscar
239206907/11/2025ChileRegión de Magallanes y la Antártica ChilenaRio Amarillo8Diego Oscar
239204107/11/2025ChileRegión de Magallanes y la Antártica ChilenaRío Tres Brazos - Desembocadura10Diego Oscar
192780301/12/2023ArgentinaChubutIsla Escondida1Diego Oscar
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Imperial Shag (Leucocarbo atriceps) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 25/03/2026.