1. (noun) spotted shag, Stictocarbo punctatus - a slender grey shag with a broad white stripe from above the eye down the sides of the neck, yellow feet and a long, slender, brown bill. Lives on the coast and estuaries.
(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 17; Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 136;)
See also pārekareka
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