Talk:Spotted shag

A fact from Spotted shag appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 13 June 2017 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that shags may be spotted in New Zealand? A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2017/June. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Spotted shag.

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Shouldn't the binomial name be Stictocarbo punctatus? Kotare 11:34, 4 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Not any more....Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:03, 25 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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