Bounty Shag

Bounty Shag
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Pelecaniformes
Family:	Phalacrocoracidae
Genus:	Phalacrocorax
Species:	P. ranfurlyi
Binomial name
*Phalacrocorax ranfurlyi* Ogilvie-Grant, 1901
Synonyms
Leucocarbo ranfurlyi

The Bounty Shag (Phalacrocorax ranfurlyi), also known as the Bounty Island Shag, is a species of bird in the Phalacrocoracidae family. It is endemic to New Zealand. Its natural habitats are open seas and rocky shores.

References

BirdLife International 2005. Phalacrocorax ranfurlyi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 27 July 2007.

External links

BirdLife Species Factsheet.

Order: Pelecaniformes (traditional listing)

Frigatebirds (family: Fregatidae • genus: Fregata)

Genus	Species

Fregata	Magnificent Frigatebird (or Man O'War) • Ascension Frigatebird • Christmas Island Frigatebird • Great Frigatebird • Lesser Frigatebird

Pelicans (family: Pelecanidae • genus: Pelecanus)

Genus	Species

Pelecanus	Brown Pelican • Peruvian Pelican • American White Pelican • Great White Pelican • Dalmatian Pelican • Pink-backed Pelican • Spot-billed Pelican • Australian Pelican

Gannets and boobies (family: Sulidae)

Genus	Species

Sula	Blue-footed Booby • Peruvian Booby • Masked Booby • Nazca Booby • Red-footed Booby • Brown Booby • Tasman Booby

Papasula	Abbott's Booby

Morus	Northern Gannet • Cape Gannet • Australasian Gannet

Darters (family: Anhingidae • genus Anhinga)

Genus	Species

Anhinga	Anhinga • Oriental Darter • African Darter • Australasian Darter

Cormorants (family: Phalacrocoracidae • genus: Phalacrocorax)

Genus	Species

Phalacrocorax	Double-crested Cormorant (White-crested Cormorant) • Neotropic Cormorant (Olivaceous Cormorant) • Little Black Cormorant • Great Cormorant • White-breasted Cormorant • Indian Cormorant • Cape Cormorant • Socotra Cormorant • Bank Cormorant (Wahlberg's Cormorant) • Japanese Cormorant (Temminck's Cormorant) • European Shag • Brandt's Cormorant • Spectacled Cormorant • Pelagic Cormorant (Baird's Cormorant) • Red-faced Cormorant • Rock Shag • Guanay Cormorant • Pied Cormorant (Yellow-faced Cormorant) • Black-faced Cormorant • King Shag (Rough-faced Shag) • Stewart Island Shag • Chatham Shag • Auckland Shag • Campbell Shag • Bounty Shag • Imperial Shag (Blue-eyed Shag) • Heard Shag • Kerguelen Shag • Macquarie Shag • Red-legged Cormorant • Spotted Shag • Pitt Shag (Featherstone's Shag) • Little Pied Cormorant • Long-tailed Cormorant • Crowned Cormorant • Little Cormorant • Pygmy Cormorant • Flightless Cormorant