Again a contentious split but accepted by the IOC, a fairly numerous sedentary species of the Scotia Arc. Presumably the name is from where it was first described,
as it also occurs on the South Orkneys and South Sandwich Islands. A gregarious species, it gives its name to Shag Rocks, west of the South Georgia group. Most closely related to Imperial Shag (cf Antarctic Shag),
morphological differences of all these species are slight, but range is reliable.
Taken South Georgia March 2005
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