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  7. Slender-billed Prion

BirdUp · Species

Slender-billed Prion

Pachyptila belcheri(Mathews, 1912)

Origin: Native
Order
PROCELLARIIFORMES
Family
Procellariidae
Genus
Pachyptila

At a glance

The Slender-billed Prion is a medium-sized bird, about 26 cm long, native to Australia. It can be seen year-round.

Size
26 cm
Origin
Native
Best seen
Year-round
Commonness
Very common
  • Identification
  • Where
  • When
  • Behaviour

01 · Identification

How to tell it apart

What does a Slender-billed Prion look like?

The Slender-billed Prion is a medium-sized bird, about 26 cm long and weighing 118–180 g.

The slender-billed prion or thin-billed prion, is a species of petrel, a seabird in the family Procellariidae. It is found in the southern oceans.

Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

Field specs

Length
26 cm
Weight
118–180 g

Measurements · avonet · CC BY 4.0

03 · When

When to look

When can you see a Slender-billed Prion?

The Slender-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 Slender-billed Prion eat?

The Slender-billed Prion feeds on fish/invertebrates, usually foraging in flocks.

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02 · Where

Where to find it

Where does the Slender-billed Prion live in Australia?

The Slender-billed Prion is native to Australia, recorded across 21 of Australia’s bioregions.

BreedingIsla Noir (off south Chile), Falkland Is., Crozet Is. (south of Madagascar, south-west South Indian Ocean) and Kerguelen (south-east Indian Ocean)

Non-breedingWidespread in southern oceans to Humboldt Current of west South America, off coast to south Brazil, and south Australasia

Distribution from BirdUp Australia community data

Legend

  • Non-breeding
  • Vagrant

7 regions recorded