amazing what you can learn on here see honey..i am not just wasting time on not606 Rough-faced shag From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search For the species from South America, Antarctica and southern ocean islands that sometimes is known as the king shag, see imperial shag. Rough-faced shag please log in to view this image Australian pied cormorant (on the left) and rough-faced shag (on the right) (Illustration by John Gerrard Keulemans) Conservation status please log in to view this image Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)[1] Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Suliformes Family: Phalacrocoracidae Genus: Phalacrocorax Species: P. carunculatus Binomial name Phalacrocorax carunculatus Gmelin, 1789 The rough-faced shag (Phalacrocorax carunculatus), also known as New Zealand king shag or king shag, is a rare bird endemic to New Zealand.