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Broad-billed Prion
Pachyptila vittata(Forster, G, 1777)
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- Order
- PROCELLARIIFORMES
- Family
- Procellariidae
- Genus
- Pachyptila
At a glance
The Broad-billed 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 a Broad-billed Prion look like?
The Broad-billed Prion is a medium-sized bird, about 28 cm long and weighing 170–237 g.
The broad-billed prion is a small pelagic seabird in the shearwater and petrel family, Procellariidae. It is the largest prion, with grey upperparts plumage, and white underparts. The sexes are alike. It ranges from the southeast Atlantic to New Zealand mainly near the Antarctic Convergence. In the south Atlantic it breeds on Tristan da Cunha and Gough Island; in the south Pacific it breeds on islands off the south coast of South Island, New Zealand and on the Chatham Islands. It has many other names that have been used such as blue-billed dove-petrel, broad-billed dove-petrel, long-billed prion, common prion, icebird, and whalebird.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
03 · When
When to look
When can you see a Broad-billed Prion?
The Broad-billed Prion is present across its Australian range year-round, so it can be seen in any month.
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05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
What does a Broad-billed Prion eat?
The Broad-billed Prion feeds on fish/invertebrates, usually foraging in flocks.
06 · Gallery
Plumage up close
2 photos
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