LITTLE SHAG

Photographed at Miranda, June 2017

(*  138)                 LITTLE SHAG                Phalacrocorax melanoleucos 

NEW ZEALAND                   51

Also known as Little Pied Cormorant. A common native all over New Zealand. 56 cm. Found in lakes, ponds, rivers and streams, also estuaries, harbours and sheltered coastal waters.

LITTLE PIED CORMORANT

138       LITTLE PIED CORMORANT           Phalacrocorax melanoleucos

Australia   (138)

58-64 cm, wingspan 84-92 cm. Ranges all over Australia except the inland. Also in Malaysia, Indonesia to PNG, Solomons, New Caledonia, NZ and some sub-Antartic Islands. Found on coasts, islands, inlets, inland waters, house dams, roadside ditches.