Snow Petrel (species: Pagodroma nivea) in Birds of the Falkland Islands (Gaia Guide)

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Pagodroma nivea

Snow Petrel

©Samuel Blanc: Snow Petrel (Pagodroma nivea)

©Brocken Inaglory: Snow Petrel (Pagodroma nivea)

Kingdom Animalia

Phylum Chordata

Class Aves

Order Procellariiformes

Family Procellariidae

Genus Pagodroma

Species Pagodroma nivea

Status least concern

Colours

It is a small, pure white fulmarine petrel with black underdown, coal-black eyes, small black bill and bluish gray feet.

Their flight is more fluttering than most petrels. (Wikipedia)

It is one of only three birds that breed exclusively in Antarctica and has been seen at the South Pole. It has the most southerly breeding distribution of any bird. (Wikipedia)