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They are dumpy, short-necked, pigeon-like birds with white plumage, black bills, caruncles and facial skin. This species measures 38–41 cm (15–16 in) in length, 74–79 cm (29–31 in) in wingspan and weighs 460–730 g (1.01–1.61 lb), with males being slightly larger than females. [2]
The sheathbills are a family of birds, Chionidae.Classified in the wader order Charadriiformes, the family consists of one genus, Chionis with two species. They breed on subantarctic islands and the Antarctic Peninsula, and the snowy sheathbill migrates to the Falkland Islands and coastal southern South America in the southern winter; they are the only bird family endemic as breeders to the ...
They are large, black-and-white or completely black, with long wings and deeply forked tails. The males have colored inflatable throat pouches. They do not swim or walk and cannot take off from a flat surface. Having the largest wingspan-to-body-weight ratio of any bird, they are essentially aerial, able to stay aloft for more than a week.
Sheathbill; B. Black-faced sheathbill; S. Snowy sheathbill This page was last edited on 27 February 2018, at 14:25 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
Asian brown flycatcher; Asian crimson-winged finch; Asian desert warbler; Asian dowitcher; ... Black-faced sheathbill; Black-faced solitaire; Black-faced spoonbill;
Accipitriformes (hawks, eagles, vultures, and kites) Anseriformes (waterfowl) Apodiformes (swifts and hummingbirds) Caprimulgiformes (nightjars and relatives) Charadriiformes (gulls and relatives)
Pacific black duck; Yellow-billed duck; Chinese spot-billed duck (Anas zonorhyncha) Greater white-fronted goose; ... Black-faced sheathbill; Crab-plover; Ibisbill;
White-faced storm petrel, Pelagodroma marina - Aus, NZ; Kermadec storm petrel, Pelagodroma marina - NZ; New Zealand storm petrel, Fregetta maoriana - NZ; Black-bellied storm petrel, Fregetta tropica - Aus, NZ; White-bellied storm petrel, Fregetta grallaria - Aus, NZ; Leach's storm petrel, Oceanodroma leucorhoa - Aus, NZ