Phalocrocorax carunculatus or King Shag is one of the rarest birds in the world, endemic to Marlborough Sounds in New Zealand

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Phalocrocorax carunculatus or King Shag is one of the rarest birds in the world, endemic to the Marlborough Sounds of New Zealand's South Island with only around 500 birds left. Die Warzenscharbe ist einer der seltensten Vögel der Welt, in den Marlborough Sounds der neuseeländischen Südinstel leben vielleicht noch 500 Exemplare dieses 76 cm großen und 2,5 kg schweren Kormorans

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Location: Marlborough Sounds, Marlborough, New Zealand
Photo credit: © Roland Knauer / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: carunculatus, king, leucocarbo, phalacrocorax, shag, warzenkormoran, warzenscharbe, zealand