Antarctic Prion
Pachyptila desolata - Prion de la Désolation
Systematics
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Order:
Procellariiformes
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Family:
Procellariidés
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Genus:
Pachyptila
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Species:
desolata
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 27 cm
- Wingspan: 58 à 66 cm.
- Weight: 150 à 160 g
Geographic range
Identification
Antarctic Prion (Pachyptila desolata) is a species of bird in the Procellariidae family.
Subspecific information monotypic species
Foreign names
- Prion de la Désolation,
- Prión antártico,
- faigão-rola,
- Taubensturmvogel,
- antarktiszi cethojsza,
- Antarctische Prion,
- Prione antartico,
- antarktisvalfågel,
- Antarktishvalfugl,
- hladinár holubí,
- buřňák holubí,
- Antarktisk Hvalfugl,
- kyyhkyprioni,
- Antarktiese Walvisvoël,
- petrell prió antàrtic,
- petrelek antarktyczny,
- Антарктическая китовая птичка,
- Petrel antartika,
- ナンキョククジラドリ,
- 鸽锯鹱,
- antarktisvalfågel,
- 鴿鋸鸌,
Habitat
Grassland : Subantarctic ; Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) : ; Marine Neritic : Pelagic, Subtidal Rock and Rocky Reefs, Subtidal Loose Rock/pebble/gravel, Subtidal Sandy, Subtidal Sandy-Mud, Macroalgal/Kelp, Seagrass (Submerged) ; Marine Oceanic : Epipelagic (0-200m), Mesopelagic (200-1000m) ; Marine Intertidal : Rocky Shoreline ; Marine Coastal/Supratidal : Sea Cliffs and Rocky Offshore Islands
Threats - protection
IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
in the Wild
Near
threatened
threatened
Not
evaluated
evaluated
EX
EW
CR
EN
VU
NT
LC
NE
Sources of information
- Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic birds, 1: ratites to ducks., Marchant, S.; Higgins, P. J.
- A Complete Guide to Antarctic Wildlife : The Birds and Marine Mammals of the Antarctic Continent and the Southern Ocean, Hadoram Shirihai
- Albatrosses and Petrels across the World, Michael Brooke
- Seabirds, an identification guide, Harrison Peter
- New Zealand birds and birding, Narena Olliver
- HBW Alive,
- xeno-canto, Sharing bird sounds from around the world,
- IOC World Bird List (v14.2), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2024-04-18.
Other sources of interest
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