snow petrel (Pagodroma nivea)

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Subject:	snow petrel (Pagodroma nivea)
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Resolution: 1656x1242 File Size: 946323 Bytes Date: 2005:01:29 10:29:47 Camera: KODAK DX7440 ZOOM DIGITAL CAMERA (EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY) F number: f/4.0 Exposure: 1/90 sec Focal Length: 67/10 Upload Date: 2017:03:13 23:49:33

snow petrel (Pagodroma nivea)

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Français : Pétrel des neiges (Pagodroma nivea) photographié dans son nid avec un poussin, site de la base Française Dumont d'Urville, Terre Adélie, Antarctique
Date 29 January 2005
Author Matthieu Weber https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Matthieu.weber
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:P%C3%A9trel_des_neiges_avec_poussin.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.
Order: Procellariiformes
Family: Procellariidae
Genus: Pagodroma
Species: Pagodroma nivea (G. Forster, 1777)

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Scientific Name: Pagodroma nivea (Forster, 1777) Common Names: Snow Petrel French: Pétrel des neiges German: Schneesturmvogel Spanish: Petrel níveo Taxonomy: Procellaria nivea G. Forster, 1777, latitude 52° S, longitude 20° E.

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