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The snow petrel (Pagodroma nivea) 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.
Based on Austin (1996), Bretagnolle et al. (1998), Nunn & Stanley (1998) and Brooke (2004), several changes have been made from the more traditional taxonomy. The two species in the genus Bulweria are no longer considered close to the rest of the gadfly petrels; several more gadfly petrels are removed from Pterodroma and placed in Pseudobulweria (allied to the shearwaters), and the Kerguelen ...
Snow petrel Pagodroma nivea; The prions: A specialised group of a few very numerous species, all southern. They have a small, fulmar-like form and mostly filter-feed on zooplankton. Pachyptila, the prions proper; The procellariine petrels, larger or mid-sized species feeding on fish and molluscs which are fairly close to the prions: Procellaria ...
The fulmarine petrels include the largest procellariids, the giant petrels, as well as the two fulmar species, the snow petrel, the Antarctic petrel, and the Cape petrel. The fulmarine petrels are a diverse group with differing habits and appearances, but are linked morphologically by their skull features, particularly the long prominent nasal ...
In general, petrels were considered to be "soul birds", representing the souls of drowned sailors, and it was considered unlucky to touch them. [78] In the Russian language, many petrel species from the Hydrobatidae and Procellariidae families of the order Procellariiformes are known as burevestnik, which literally means 'the announcer of the ...
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During the 2021/2022 breeding season in December and January, extreme snow storm activity led to an almost complete absence of breeding Antarctic petrels, snow petrels and south polar skuas in Svarthamaren Mountain (71° 54’S, 5° 10’ E) and Jutulsessen (72° 3’S, 2°40’E), two of the world’s largest Antarctic petrel colonies.
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