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Phalacrocorax purpurascens (Macquarie Island shag)
Taxonomy
Carbo purpurascens was named by von Brandt (1837). It is extant.
It was recombined as Leucocarbo purpurascens by Tennyson and Scofield (2013); it was recombined as Phalacrocorax purpurascens by Clements et al. (2017).
It was recombined as Leucocarbo purpurascens by Tennyson and Scofield (2013); it was recombined as Phalacrocorax purpurascens by Clements et al. (2017).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1837 | Carbo purpurascens von Brandt |
| 2013 | Leucocarbo purpurascens Tennyson and Scofield |
| 2017 | Phalacrocorax purpurascens Clements et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Phalacrocorax purpurascens von Brandt 1837 [Macquarie Island shag]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Marsh 1875, Benton 1983 | |||||