South Georgia shag
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The South Georgia shag (Leucocarbo georgianus), also known as the South Georgia cormorant, is a marine cormorant native to South Georgia and a few other subantarctic islands in the South Atlantic Ocean.
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South Georgia shag | |
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At Cooper Bay, South Georgia | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Suliformes |
Family: | Phalacrocoracidae |
Genus: | Leucocarbo |
Species: | L. georgianus |
Binomial name | |
Leucocarbo georgianus (Lönnberg, 1906) | |
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Its lifespan is approximately 11 years.[1]