
%0 Journal Article
%A Dickinson, P 
%T Stomach Contents of New Zealand Inland Shags
%J Marine and Freshwater Research
%D 1951/06/01
%V 2
%N 2
%P 245-253
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/MF9510245
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/MF9510245 
%X Twenty-nine stomachs of the large black shag (Phalacrocorax carbo (Linn.)) and 61 of the white-throated or little pied shag (P. brevirostris (Gould)) from the Rotorua-Taupo area were examined. Techniques used to determine the state of digestion and the identification of otoliths are discussed. Stomach content analyses showed that the food of lake-feeding shags in July consisted almost entirely of fish and freshwater crayfish. Bullies (Gobiomorphus sp.) were the most important food fish. Salmonid fish were found in one stomach (P. carbo). 
