Imperial Shag Photos

Imperial shag or blue-eyed shag, in tussock grass. The Imperial Shag is about 30" long and 4-8 lbs, with males averaging larger than females. It can dive as deep as 80' while foraging for small benthic fish, crustaceans, polychaetes, gastropods and octopuses.
Species: Imperial shag, Leucocarbo atriceps, Phalacrocorax atriceps
Location: New Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom
Image ID: 23761  

Imperial shag or blue-eyed shag, in tussock grass. The Imperial Shag is about 30" long and 4-8 lbs, with males averaging larger than females. It can dive as deep as 80' while foraging for small benthic fish, crustaceans, polychaetes, gastropods and octopuses.
Species: Imperial shag, Leucocarbo atriceps, Phalacrocorax atriceps
Location: New Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom
Image ID: 23762  

South Georgia shag, or Imperial shag, a type of cormorant, in flight alongside South Georgia Island.
Species: South georgia shag, Leucocarbo atriceps georgianus, Phalacrocorax atriceps georgianus
Location: South Georgia Island
Image ID: 24341  

Imperial shag, or blue-eyed shag.
Species: Imperial shag, Leucocarbo atriceps, Phalacrocorax atriceps
Location: Livingston Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica
Image ID: 25912  

Imperial shag, or blue-eyed shag.
Species: Imperial shag, Leucocarbo atriceps, Phalacrocorax atriceps
Location: Livingston Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica
Image ID: 25933  

Colony of nesting black-browed albatross, rockhopper penguins and Imperial shags, set high above the ocean on tussock grass-covered seacliffs.
Species: Black-browed albatross, Imperial shag, Rockhopper penguin, Eudyptes chrysocome, Phalacrocorax atriceps, Thalassarche melanophrys
Location: Westpoint Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom
Image ID: 23935  

Colony of nesting black-browed albatross, rockhopper penguins and Imperial shags, set high above the ocean on tussock grass-covered seacliffs.
Species: Black-browed albatross, Imperial shag, Rockhopper penguin, Eudyptes chrysocome, Phalacrocorax atriceps, Thalassarche melanophrys
Location: Westpoint Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom
Image ID: 23951  

Colony of nesting black-browed albatross, rockhopper penguins and Imperial shags, set high above the ocean on tussock grass-covered seacliffs.
Species: Black-browed albatross, Imperial shag, Rockhopper penguin, Eudyptes chrysocome, Phalacrocorax atriceps, Thalassarche melanophrys
Location: Westpoint Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom
Image ID: 23953