Heard Island Shag

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.

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