Description ⁴

Adults: Dark brown or grey wings and back with a black spotted feathers. The chest is off white/grey.
In breeding condition they have green facial skin and a crest on both the top and back of the head, with white plumes down the back of the neck.

Sources and Credits

1. Tony Wills, no known copyright restrictions (public domain), uploaded by Tony Wills
2. John Gerrard Keulemans, no known copyright restrictions (public domain), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Phalacrocorax_featherstoni_Keulemans.jpg
3. (c) Tony Wills, all rights reserved, uploaded by Tony Wills
4. (c) Tony Wills, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

More Info

• iNaturalist NZ taxon page
• Animal Diversity Web
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• VertNet
• Xeno-canto

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