Imperial Shag facts Imperial Cormorant facts ke black and white cormorant native South America

Imperial shag Picture by is licensed under The imperial shag or imperial cormorant is a black and white cormorant native to southern South America, primarily in rocky coastal regions, but locally also at large inland lakes. Some taxonomic authorities, including the International Ornithologists Union, place it in the genus Leucocarbo, others in the genus Phalacrocorax. It is also known as the blueeyed shag, blueeyed cormorant and by many other names, and is one of a larger group of cormorants called blueeyed shags. The taxonomy is very complex, and several former subspecies are often considered separate species. It is endowed with glossy black feathers covering most of its body, with a white belly and neck. It possesses a distinctive ring of blue skin around its eyes, an orangeyellow nasal knob, pinkish leg