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

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The picture

O.Net ref. : yali58129
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Plumage : adult

Shooting

date : 2008 Feb
Country : French Southern Territories (fs)
Region : Territory of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands
Place : Île Kerguelen Île Kerguelen
Lat. : 49° 15' 0'' South
Lng. : 69° 30' 0'' East