Otago shag (Leucocarbo chalconotus), Oamaru, New Zealand
A pied morph bird and a bronze morph, accompanied by red-billed gulls (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae). About 75% of Otago shags are bronze morph. The species is a New Zealand endemic. A split from the the Stewart Island shag. From a slide.
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Otago shag (Leucocarbo chalconotus), Oamaru, New Zealand
A pied morph bird and a bronze morph, accompanied by red-billed gulls (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae). About 75% of Otago shags are bronze morph. The species is a New Zealand endemic. A split from the the Stewart Island shag. From a slide.
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