Australasian Birds

Phalacrocoracidae : Cormorants

Little Shag

Microcarbo melanoleucos brevirostris

Adult intermediate phase - Kawau Island, New Zealand - November 2005

The polymorphic New Zealand race brevirostris is possibly a distinct species from the monomorphic forms that occur elsewhere.

Adult pied phase - Sandspit, New Zealand - November 2005

Adult black phase - Lake Benmore, New Zealand - November 2005