Object: Campbell Island Shag, Leucocarbo campbelli
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Registration Number  OR.015639/a
Phylum  Chordata
Class  Aves
Order  Pelecaniformes
Family  Phalacrocoracidae
Scientific Name
Leucocarbo campbelli
Common / Maori name  Campbell Island Shag, Cormorant
Country collected  New Zealand
Region collected  Campbell Island
Precise locality  Perseverance Harbour
Collected By  Owens, Philip
Date collected  22 Feb 1970
Section  Birds

Campbell Island shag eggs collected by Phil Owens (New Zealand Meteorological Service), Perseverance Harbour, Campbell Island on 22 February 1970. Te Papa also holds another single egg collected from the same location on 4 April 1970.

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