7 Jun 2019

Critter of the Week: Chatham Island Shag

From Afternoons, 3:28 pm on 7 June 2019

It's Critter of the Week time and DOC's Threatened Species Ambassador, Nicola Toki, joins the programme today to tell us all about the Chatham Island Shag.

She says there are 34 species worldwide with 12 recorded in NZ, 8 of which are endemic and only shag with pink feet found on the Chatham Islands!

Chatham Island Shag (Leucocarbo onslowi)

Chatham Island Shag (Leucocarbo onslowi) Photo: CC BY 4.0 / Judi Lapsley Miller