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Life of the Pond - Black Shags.

Black Shag

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Other Names: Great Cormorant, Kawau-tua-whenua.

Size: 90cm

The Black Shag is black overall except a white throat and yellow lower jaw. with a long hooked beak

It is noticably larger that the Little Black but is not often seen at the pond.

This Black Shag is a juvenile as it has no erect crest of the adult.

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