. . "The bronze shag (Phalacrocorax chalconotus), also known as the Stewart Island shag or Stewart shag, is a species of shag endemic to the southernmost parts of the South Island of New Zealand, from the Otago Peninsula south to the Foveaux Strait, and to Stewart Island/Rakiura, from which it takes its name.The species is dimorphic in appearance. Roughly half the individuals are mostly dark bronze, but with white patches, similar to the king shag; the remainder are bronze all over."@en . . "VU" . . . . . . "Leucocarbo chalconotus" . . "IUCN3.1" .