Shag, Rough Faced
Description
A Rough Faced Shag, mounted on a piece of wood with a label nailed to the front which reads, "ROUGH-FACED SHAG / Young / Phalacrocorax carunculatus (Gmelin) / Distribution: Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand". Colourings of browns and faded whites/creams. Position is standing with head inclined upwards.
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Collection
Credit line
This
species
is
an
endemic
and
endangered.
It
has
a
small
population
and
restricted
distribution
making
it
highly
susceptible
to
a
event
such
as
oil
spill,
disease.
Accession number
A96.667
Collection type
Public comments
I have a proposal to try and save this species. If we could stop nailing them to things, it would probably help.
- Quintocurious posted 3 years ago.