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snow petrel (Pagodroma nivea)
Subject: snow petrel (Pagodroma nivea)
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The zoology of the voyage of the H.M.S. Erebus and Terror (6258386124).jpg
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snow petrel (Pagodroma nivea)


Date 1844-1875.
Source http://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/6258386124
Author Erebus (Ship).; Gray, John Edward; Richardson, John; Ross, James Clark; Terror (Ship).
Full title The zoology of the voyage of the H.M.S. Erebus & Terror, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross, during the years 1839 to 1843. By authority of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Edited by John Richardson and John Edward Gray.
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_zoology_of_the_voyage_of_the_H.M.S._Erebus_and_Terror_(6258386124).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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