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Leucocarbo atriceps bransfieldensis (Antarctic shag)

Synonyms: Leucocarbo bransfieldensis; Phalacrocorax bransfieldensis

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  6.17 lbs (2.80 kg)
Birth Weight [2]  59.1 grams
Female Weight [1]  5.68 lbs (2.58 kg)
Male Weight [1]  6.66 lbs (3.02 kg)
Weight Dimorphism [1]  17.3 %
Clutch Size [2]  3

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Map Climate Land
Use
Scotia Sea Islands tundra United Kingdom Antarctic Tundra    

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Citations

Species recognized by Peterson A.P., , ITIS Global: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System in Catalog of Life 2011
Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Marchant, S.; Higgins, PJ (eds.) 1990. The handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic birds, Vol. 1., ratites to ducks. Oxford University Press, Melbourne ♦ 2Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 gis.wwfus.org/wildfinder
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