Encyclopedia of Life · EOL (see source)
Species
Least Concernfairy prion
Species
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderProcellariiformes
- FamilyProcellariidae
Habitatmarine
Chile Central
via IUCN
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Encyclopedic overview
The fairy prion (Pachyptila turtur) is a small seabird with the standard prion plumage of blue-grey upperparts with a prominent dark "M" marking and white underneath. The sexes are alike. It is a small prion which frequents the low subantarctic and subtropic seas.
Taxonomy
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fairy Prion” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.