Although the European Shag is mostly found in Europe, it can also be found in North Africa and Iceland as well. It is the only cormorant in its genus and was found to have diverged from other cormorants over 9 million years ago. I have seen them in a couple places but only obtained decent photos in my last trip to the south of France. These pics are from Cap d'Antibes. Although they look similar to Double-crested Cormorant, in most of their range they don't overlap. The Great Cormorant is the other one that overlaps but they can easily be separated.
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