Chatham Island Shag

Chatham Island Shag

Taxobox
name = Chatham Island Shag


status = CR | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Pelecaniformes
familia = Phalacrocoracidae
genus = "Phalacrocorax"
species = "P. onslowi"
binomial = "Phalacrocorax onslowi"
binomial_authority = Forbes, 1893
synonyms =

The Chatham Island Shag ("Phalacrocorax onslowi") is a species of bird in the Phalacrocoracidae family. It is endemic to New Zealand.

Its natural habitats are open seas and rocky shores. It is threatened by habitat loss, and considered critically endangered by the IUCN.

References

* BirdLife International 2005. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/16830/all Phalacrocorax onslowi] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 27 July 2007.

External links

* [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=3691&m=0 BirdLife Species Factsheet.]
*cite web | url = http://www.doc.govt.nz/upload/documents/science-and-technical/TSRP43.pdf| title = Recovery plan for Chatham Island shag and Pitt Island shag 2001-2011| year = 2001| publisher = Department of Conservation, Wellington, New Zealand | format = PDF | accessdate = 2007-09-28


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