Description Fulmarus niveus Date 1845-1848
Notes This object is part of the collection Iconographia Zoologica Source/Photographer Richardson & Gray, The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Erebus & Terror, pl. 34
Old Latin name Fulmarus niveus New Latin name Pagodroma nivea Common name Nederlands: Sneeuwstormvogel
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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 breed exclusively in Antarctica and has been seen at the South Pole. It has the most southerly breeding distribution of any bird.
