A large black shag with black-brown wings and tail, and white-cream feathering over cheeks and throat. The skin about the eyes and base of bill is yellow, feet and legs black, bill grey, and eyes green. Adults early in the breeding cycle have the skin below eyes red-orange, white thigh patches, a small black crest on nape and upper neck, and variable amounts of white filoplumes on the crown and upper neck. Juveniles and immatures have black-brown plumage, which fades to sandy brown, and have variable amounts of white on foreneck, breast and abdomen, from none to extensive. Their facial skin is
A large black shag with black-brown wings and tail, and white-cream feathering over cheeks and throat. The skin about the eyes and base of bill is yellow, feet and legs black, bill grey, and eyes green. Adults early in the breeding cycle have the skin below eyes red-orange, white thigh patches, a small black crest on nape and upper neck, and variable amounts of white filoplumes on the crown and upper neck. Juveniles and immatures have black-brown plumage, which fades to sandy brown, and have variable amounts of white on foreneck, breast and abdomen, from none to extensive. Their facial skin is yellow, and eyes grey-brown turning to green. Voice: generally quiet away from nest. At the nest a variety of calls with marked sexual differences, males having a range of loud raucous sounds, females soft and husky sounds early in the breeding cycle but becoming more like those of males during incubation.
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