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Fairy Prion
Pachyptila turtur(Kuhl, 1820)
Also known asTiti Wainui
Least ConcernNative
- Order
- PROCELLARIIFORMES
- Family
- Procellariidae
- Genus
- Pachyptila
- Conservation
- Least Concern
- Commonness
- Very common
- Best seen
- Year-round
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
The fairy prion is a small seabird with the standard prion plumage of blue-grey upperparts with a prominent dark "M" marking and white underneath. The sexes are alike. It is a small prion which frequents the low subantarctic and subtropic seas.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- Southern oceans: Bass Strait islands (east.g. Albatross Is, Lady Julia Percy Is) and Macquarie Is; also Falklands to New Zealand islands.
- Non-breeding range
- Widespread in southern oceans north to roughly 35° south; often found in Australian coastal waters including the Great Australian Bight and East Australian Current.
03 · When
When to look
Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.
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05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
06 · Gallery
Plumage up close
2 photos
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