#0747 · 🐦 birds

European Shag

🇳🇱 Kuifaalscholver ·Gulosus aristotelis

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

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what is it?

The European shag or common shag ( Gulosus aristotelis ) is a species of cormorant. It is the only member of the monotypic genus Gulosus . It breeds around the rocky coasts of western and southern Europe, southwest Asia and north Africa, mainly wintering in its breeding range except for the northernmost birds. In Britain this seabird is usually referred to as simply the shag . The scientific genus name derives from the Latin for glutton. The species name aristotelis ...

base stats

NL sightings 64iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 18,505iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).