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The Heard Island shag (Leucocarbo nivalis), or Heard Island cormorant, is a marine cormorant native to the Australian territory comprising the Heard and McDonald Islands in the Southern Ocean, which is about 4,100 km south-west of Perth, Western Australia.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 33 relations: Antarctic Science, Australia, Beak, Bird colony, Blue-eyed shag, British Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition, Caruncle (bird anatomy), Climate change, Cormorant, Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, Emu (journal), Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, Fish, Fledge, Genus, Habitat, Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Imperial shag, Perth, Phalacrocorax, Poa cookii, Polychaete, Robert Falla, Root, Southern Ocean, Stipe (botany), Subantarctic, Subspecies, Tussock grass, Vulnerable species, Western Australia, Wingspan.

  2. Birds described in 1937
  3. Fauna of Heard Island and McDonald Islands
  4. Leucocarbo
  5. Taxa named by Robert Falla

Antarctic Science

Antarctic Science is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Cambridge University Press, focusing on all aspects of scientific research in the Antarctic.

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.

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Beak

The beak, bill, or rostrum is an external anatomical structure found mostly in birds, but also in turtles, non-avian dinosaurs and a few mammals.

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Bird colony

A bird colony is a large congregation of individuals of one or more species of bird that nest or roost in proximity at a particular location.

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Blue-eyed shag

Leucocarbo is a genus of birds in the family Phalacrocoracidae. Heard Island shag and Blue-eyed shag are Leucocarbo.

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British Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition

The British Australian (and) New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) was a research expedition into Antarctica between 1929 and 1931, involving two voyages over consecutive Austral summers.

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Caruncle (bird anatomy)

A caruncle is defined as 'a small, fleshy excrescence that is a normal part of an animal's anatomy'.

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Climate change

In common usage, climate change describes global warming—the ongoing increase in global average temperature—and its effects on Earth's climate system.

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Cormorant

Phalacrocoracidae is a family of approximately 40 species of aquatic birds commonly known as cormorants and shags.

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Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts

The Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts was an Australian Government department that existed between December 2007 and September 2010.

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Emu (journal)

Emu, subtitled Austral Ornithology, is the peer-reviewed scientific journal of BirdLife Australia (formerly the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union).

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Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth) is an Act of the Parliament of Australia that provides a framework for protection of the Australian environment, including its biodiversity and its natural and culturally significant places.

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Fish

A fish (fish or fishes) is an aquatic, anamniotic, gill-bearing vertebrate animal with swimming fins and a hard skull, but lacking limbs with digits.

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Fledge

Fledging is the stage in a flying animal's life between hatching or birth and becoming capable of flight.

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Genus

Genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses.

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Habitat

In ecology, habitat refers to the array of resources, physical and biotic factors that are present in an area, such as to support the survival and reproduction of a particular species.

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Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds

The Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds, known as HANZAB, is the pre-eminent scientific reference on birds in the region, which includes Australia, New Zealand, Antarctica, and the surrounding ocean and subantarctic islands.

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Heard Island and McDonald Islands

The Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands (HIMI; ISO 3166 region code: HMD, HM, 334) is an Australian external territory comprising a volcanic group of mostly barren Antarctic islands, about two-thirds of the way from Madagascar to Antarctica.

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Imperial shag

The imperial shag or imperial cormorant (Leucocarbo atriceps) is a black and white cormorant native to southern South America, primarily in rocky coastal regions, but locally also at large inland lakes. Heard Island shag and imperial shag are Leucocarbo.

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Perth

Perth (Boorloo) is the capital city of Western Australia.

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Phalacrocorax

Phalacrocorax is a genus of fish-eating birds in the cormorant family Phalacrocoracidae.

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Poa cookii

Poa cookii, sometimes called Cook's tussock-grass or bluegrass, is a species of tussock grass native to various subantarctic islands.

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Polychaete

Polychaeta is a paraphyletic class of generally marine annelid worms, commonly called bristle worms or polychaetes.

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Robert Falla

Sir Robert Alexander Falla (21 July 1901 – 23 February 1979) was a New Zealand museum administrator and ornithologist.

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Root

In vascular plants, the roots are the organs of a plant that are modified to provide anchorage for the plant and take in water and nutrients into the plant body, which allows plants to grow taller and faster.

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Southern Ocean

The Southern Ocean, also known as the Antarctic Ocean, comprises the southernmost waters of the world ocean, generally taken to be south of 60° S latitude and encircling Antarctica.

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Stipe (botany)

In botany, a stipe is a stalk that supports some other structure.

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Subantarctic

The subantarctic zone is a region in the Southern Hemisphere, located immediately north of the Antarctic region.

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Subspecies

In biological classification, subspecies (subspecies) is a rank below species, used for populations that live in different areas and vary in size, shape, or other physical characteristics (morphology), but that can successfully interbreed.

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Tussock grass

Tussock grasses or bunch grasses are a group of grass species in the family Poaceae.

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Vulnerable species

A vulnerable species is a species which has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as being threatened with extinction unless the circumstances that are threatening its survival and reproduction improve.

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Western Australia

Western Australia (WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western third of the land area of the Australian continent.

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Wingspan

The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the opposite wingtip.

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See also

Birds described in 1937

Fauna of Heard Island and McDonald Islands

Leucocarbo

Taxa named by Robert Falla

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heard_Island_shag

Also known as Heard Island Cormorant, Heard Shag, Leucocarbo atriceps nivalis, Leucocarbo nivalis, Phalacrocorax atriceps nivalis, Phalacrocorax nivalis.