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| Photographed at Oamaru, South Island, New Zealand, April, 2019 |
1278 OTAGO SHAG Leucocarbo chalconotus
NEW ZEALAND 89
Was formerly known as Stewart Island Shag but DNA testing led to them being split into Otago Shag (found on rocky outcrops off Otago Peninsula, including as far north as Oamaru) and Foveaux Shag(found in Foveaux Straits and Stewart Island). Species is dimorphic, with two plumages; roughly a quarter of individuals are pied and the rest, known as Bronze or Dark Shags, are dark all over; both morphs breed together.
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