The Heard Island Shag (Phalacrocorax atriceps nivalis), or Heard Island Cormorant, is a marine cormorant native to the Australian territory comprising the Heard and McDonald Islands in the Southern Ocean, about 4100 km south-west of Perth, Western Australia.
Read more about Heard Island Shag: Taxonomy, Distribution and Habitat, Description, Behaviour, Status and Conservation
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