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Snow Petrel (Pagodroma nivea) <!--흰바다제비-->
| Subject: | Snow Petrel (Pagodroma nivea)
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Date: 2005:03:15 16:21:41
Upload Date: 2005:03:15 16:18:50
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The head of a snow petrel, Pagodroma nivea. P.237. In: "Aus den Tiefen des Weltmeeres" by Carl Chun, 1903. Call No. Q115.V15 1903.
Snow Petrel (Pagodroma nivea) is a small, pure white fulmarine petrel with black underdown, coal-black eyes, small black bill and bluish gray feet. Body length is 36 to 41 centimeters (14???16 in) and the wingspan is 76 to 79 centimeters. Breeding occurs in colonies on the Antarctic Peninsula, the Antarctic continent and various antarctic islands. Nesting is colonial in small to large colonies on cliffs, usually near the sea, but also inland.
Image ID: ship3363, NOAA Ship Collection
Photo Source:
The NOAA Photo Library http://www.photolib.noaa.gov
The National Oceanic & Atmospheric Adminstration (NOAA) http://www.noaa.gov/
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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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