South Georgia shag
| South Georgia shag | |
|---|---|
| At Cooper Bay, South Georgia | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Suliformes |
| Family: | Phalacrocoracidae |
| Genus: | Leucocarbo |
| Species: | L. georgianus |
| Binomial name | |
| Leucocarbo georgianus (Lönnberg, 1906) | |
| Global range | |
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The South Georgia shag (Leucocarbo georgianus), also known as the South Georgia cormorant, is a marine cormorant native to South Georgia and a few other subantarctic islands in the South Atlantic Ocean.
Its lifespan is approximately 11 years.