Antarctic Prion (Pachyptila desolata)

Antarctic Prion flying over the South Atlantic Ocean between the Falkland Islands and South Georgia.

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ANTARCTIC PRION FACTS

distribution map showing range of Pachyptila desolata in Australia

Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Classification

Class:	Aves
Order:	Procellariiformes
Family:	Procellariidae
Genus:	Pachyptila
Species:	desolata
Common Name:	Antarctic Prion

Relatives in same Genus
Slender-billed Prion (P. belcheri)
Fairy Prion (P. turtur)