BirdUp · Species
Antarctic Prion
Pachyptila desolata(Gmelin, JF, 1789)
Origin: Native
- Order
- PROCELLARIIFORMES
- Family
- Procellariidae
- Genus
- Pachyptila
At a glance
The Antarctic Prion is a medium-sized bird, about 28 cm long, native to Australia. It can be seen year-round.
- Size
- 28 cm
- Origin
- Native
- Best seen
- Year-round
- Commonness
- Very common
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
What does an Antarctic Prion look like?
The Antarctic Prion is a medium-sized bird, about 28 cm long.
The Antarctic prion also known as the dove prion, or totorore in Māori, is the largest of the prions, a genus of small petrels of the Southern Ocean.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
03 · When
When to look
When can you see an Antarctic Prion?
The Antarctic Prion is present across its Australian range year-round, so it can be seen in any month.
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
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