Black-faced Sheathbill - Chionis minor

Petit Chionis

Black-faced Sheathbilladult, identification

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  • identification
  • adult
  • Picovaina de las Kerguelen
  • pomba-antártica-de-cara-preta
  • Schwarzgesicht-Scheidenschnabel
  • Chionis minor
  • Charadriiformes

The species

Classification

Order  : Charadriiformes
Family : Chionidae
Species : Black-faced Sheathbill

Geographic range by countries


specie's pictures

by the author
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The picture

O.Net ref. : alkn45283
Author :
Kerguelen - Îles sub...
Plumage : adult

Shooting

date : 2007 Mar
Country : French Southern Territories (fs)
Region : Archipel des Kerguelen
Place : Cap Ratmanoff Cap Ratmanoff
Lat. : 49° 14' 18'' South
Lng. : 70° 33' 30'' East

Exif Data [+] [-]



Model : LEICA Digilux1
Exposure : 1/326 s

aperture : 4.8

Focal length : 19 mm

Iso : 100

Flash : no