Rock Shag Phalacrocorax magellanicus (aka Magellanic Cormorant) Chilean name: Cormorán de las rocas |
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Tierra del Fuego, Chile December 2005 The Rock Shag is distributed around the Pacific and Atlantic coasts of the south of South America as well as in the Falklands. |
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It is a marine cormorant that is usually seen singly or in small flocks. The face is red and, in breeding plumage, there is a white patch on the ear-coverts which is just visible on photo 1. Photo 2 shows an immature with a dirty white breast and belly. |
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