Snow Petrel
Snow Petrel
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The 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. In Du Cane Godman, (Monograph of the Petrels, fasc. 4, 1909), it was figured in an illustration by John Gerrard Keulemans (pl. 73).
(30–31 in). Flight is more fluttering than most petrels. It 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 southernly breeding distribution of any bird.
There are two subspecies, P. n. confusa and P. n. nivea. They differ in size, and the greater form has a stouter, larger beak. The greater form has a more resricted distribution--the Adelie Land and Balleny Is. area of Antarctica.
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