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title: "Stewartaalscholver"
description: "Leucocarbo chalconotus — Vogels. The Stewart Island shag (Leucocarbo chalconotus; Māori: matapo) is a species of shag found on New Zealand's South Island and Stewart Island."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/stewart-island-shag
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Stewartaalscholver

> Leucocarbo chalconotus — Vogels. The Stewart Island shag (Leucocarbo chalconotus; Māori: matapo) is a species of shag found on New Zealand's South Island and Stewart Island.

- Scientific name: *Leucocarbo chalconotus*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 1062
- Wikidata: [Q27074618](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27074618)
- iNaturalist taxon: [1289596](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1289596)

## Names

- en: Stewart Island Shag
- de: Bronzescharbe
- es: Cormorán de isla Stewart
- fr: Cormoran bronzé
- nl: Stewartaalscholver
- pt: Biguá-bronzeado
- pl: Kormoran nowozelandzki

## Countries with the most observations

NZ (1025)

## Summary

The Stewart Island shag (Leucocarbo chalconotus; Māori: matapo) is a species of shag found on New Zealand's South Island and Stewart Island. The Stewart Island shag has sometimes been split into two species, the Foveaux shag and the Otago shag.

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

## Photo

![Stewartaalscholver](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/stewart-island-shag/medium.jpg)

Photo: Max G.W. Verheij · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/156936417

## Machine access

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