There are twelve species of shags or cormorants are found in New Zealand.

Black footed shags

• Black shag or kawau (Native)
• Pied shag  or karuhiruhi (Native)
• Little black shag or kawau tui (Native)
• Little shag or kawau paka (Native)

Pink footed shags

• King shag or kawau pateketeke (Endemic and rare with less than 1000 birds) Found only in the Marlborough Sounds.
• Stewart Island shag or kawau (Endemic)
• Chatham Island shag (Endemic)
• Bounty Islands shag (Endemic)
• Auckland Island shag (Endemic)
• Campbell Island shag (Endemic)

Yellow footed shags

• Spotted shags, parekareka or kawau tikitiki (Endemic)
• Pitt Island shag (Endemic)

Shag websites

• Radio NZ Bird Watching – Shags
• DOC spotted shag page
• DOC shag count in Abel Tasman National Park
• Wildscreen Arkives Auckland Island shag
• Wildscreen Arkives little black shag
• Wildscreen Arkives Bounty Islands shag
• Oiseaux-birds Stewart Island shag page
• Oiseaux-birds spotted shag page
• Oiseaux-birds Pitt Island shag
• Zealandia black shag page

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