Chatham shag

Chatham shag
Conservation status
Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Suliformes
Family:	Phalacrocoracidae
Genus:	Phalacrocorax
Species:	P. onslowi
Binomial name
*Phalacrocorax onslowi* Forbes, 1893
Synonyms
Leucocarbo onslowi

The Chatham shag (Phalacrocorax onslowi), also known as the Chatham Island shag, 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

Species factsheet - BirdLife International
"Recovery plan for Chatham Island shag and Pitt Island shag 2001-2011" (PDF). Department of Conservation, Wellington, New Zealand. 2001. Retrieved 2007-09-28.

Order: Suliformes (Phalacrocoraciformes)

Frigatebirds (family: Fregatidae · genus: Fregata)

Genus	Species

Fregata	Magnificent frigatebird (or Man O'War) Ascension frigatebird Christmas Island frigatebird Great frigatebird Lesser frigatebird

Genus	Species

Sula	Blue-footed booby Peruvian booby Masked booby Nazca booby Red-footed booby Brown booby Tasman booby

Papasula	Abbott's booby

Morus	Northern gannet Cape gannet Australasian gannet

Darters (family: Anhingidae · genus Anhinga)

Genus	Species

Anhinga	Anhinga Oriental darter African darter Australasian darter

Cormorants (family: Phalacrocoracidae · genus: Phalacrocorax)

Genus	Species

Phalacrocorax	Double-crested cormorant (white-crested cormorant) Neotropic cormorant (olivaceous cormorant) Little black cormorant Great cormorant White-breasted cormorant Indian cormorant Cape cormorant Socotra cormorant Bank cormorant (Wahlberg's cormorant) Japanese cormorant (Temminck's cormorant) European shag Brandt's cormorant Spectacled cormorant Pelagic cormorant (Baird's cormorant) Red-faced cormorant Rock shag Guanay cormorant Pied cormorant (yellow-faced cormorant) Black-faced cormorant Rough-faced shag (king shag) Foveaux shag Otago shag Chatham shag Auckland shag Campbell shag Bounty shag Imperial shag (blue-eyed shag) Heard Island shag Crozet shag Antarctic shag Kerguelen shag Macquarie shag South Georgia shag Red-legged cormorant Spotted shag Pitt shag (Featherstone's shag) Little pied cormorant Long-tailed cormorant Crowned cormorant Little cormorant Pygmy cormorant Flightless cormorant

Taxon identifiers	GBIF: 2481866 ITIS: 561970 IUCN: 22696861 WoRMS: 343949

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