snow petrel (Pagodroma nivea)

Query: Snow petrel

Result: 15^th of 24

Subject:	snow petrel (Pagodroma nivea)
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Fulmarus niveus - 1845-1848 - Print - Iconographia Zoologica - Special Collections University of Amsterdam - UBA01 IZ17900104.jpg

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snow petrel (Pagodroma nivea)

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
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fulmarus_niveus_-_1845-1848_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologica_-_Special_Collections_University_of_Amsterdam_-_UBA01_IZ17900104.tif

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.

Snow petrel
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