snow petrel (Pagodroma nivea)

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Description
English: « Procellaria nivea » = Pagodroma nivea (Snow Petrel)
Français: « Procellaria nivea » = Pagodroma nivea (Pétrel des neiges)
Date 1844
Source The zoology of the voyage of the H.M.S. Erebus & Terror
Author Charles Joseph Hullmandel (1789–1850)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pagodroma_nivea_Hullmandel.jpg

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.

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