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Antarctic Prion

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Antarctic Prion

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Also known as Pachyptila desolata

species of bird

Species

Least Concern

Antarctic prion

Species

  1. PhylumChordata
  2. ClassAves
  3. OrderProcellariiformes
  4. FamilyProcellariidae
Habitatmarine

via IUCN

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Encyclopedic overview

The Antarctic prion (Pachyptila desolata) also known as the dove prion, or totorore in Māori, is the largest of the prions, a genus of small petrels of the Southern Ocean.

Taxonomy

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Antarctic Prion” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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