BirdUp · Species
Snow Petrel
Pagodroma nivea(Forster, G, 1777)
Native
- Order
- PROCELLARIIFORMES
- Family
- Procellariidae
- Genus
- Pagodroma
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
The snow petrel is the only member of the genus Pagodroma. It is one of only three birds that have been seen at the Geographic South Pole, along with the Antarctic petrel and the south polar skua, which has the most southerly breeding sites of any bird, inland in Antarctica.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- SO, AN : satellite islets, coasts and to 440 km inland in Antarctica
- Non-breeding range
- Near pack-ice in Southern Ocean
06 · Gallery
Plumage up close
2 photos
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