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Antarctic Prion (Pachyptila desolata) - Wiki
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Antarctic Prion
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Order: Procellariiformes
Family: Procellariidae
[Photo] Antarctic Prion Pachyptila desolata. Source: Bird stamps from British Antarctic Territory, 1998. URL: www.birdtheme.org/country/brantter.html
The Antarctic Prion (Pachyptila desolata) is the largest of the prions, a genus of small petrels of the Southern Ocean. The wingspan is 17???20 cm.
It breeds in colonies on Auckland Island, Heard Island, Macquarie Island, Scott Island, the South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, the South Orkney Islands, the South Shetland Islands, the Crozet Islands, and the Kerguelen Islands.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctic_Prion
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