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title: "European Shag"
description: "Gulosus aristotelis — Vogels. The European shag or common shag (Gulosus aristotelis) is a species of cormorant."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/european-shag
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# European Shag

> Gulosus aristotelis — Vogels. The European shag or common shag (Gulosus aristotelis) is a species of cormorant.

- Scientific name: *Gulosus aristotelis*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 17860
- iNaturalist taxon: [1289604](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1289604)

## Names

- en: European Shag
- de: Krähenscharbe
- es: Cormorán moñudo
- fr: Cormoran huppé

## Countries with the most observations

GB (3670), ES (2961), FR (2018), HR (1254), IT (1179), GR (826), IE (822), UA (704), NO (594), TR (547), PT (525), IS (372)

## Summary

The European shag or common shag (Gulosus aristotelis) is a species of cormorant. It is the only member of the monotypic genus Gulosus. It breeds around the rocky coasts of western and southern Europe, southwest Asia and north Africa, mainly wintering in its breeding range except for the northernmost birds. In Britain this seabird is usually referred to as simply the shag. The scientific genus name derives from the Latin for glutton. The species name aristotelis commemorates the Greek philosopher Aristotle.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_shag

## Photo

![European Shag](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/european-shag/medium.jpg)

Photo: rochard · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/61411624

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/european-shag?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).