Broad-billed Prion

Pachyptila vittata - Prion de Forster

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Procellariiformes

  • Family
    :

    Procellariidés

  • Genus
    :

    Pachyptila

  • Species
    :

    vittata

Descriptor

Forster, G, 1777

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 30 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : 160 à 235 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Broad-billed Prion (Pachyptila vittata) is a species of bird in the Procellariidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

  • Prion de Forster,
  • Prión piquiancho,
  • faigão-de-bico-largo,
  • Forster-Entensturmvogel,
  • szélescsőrű cethojsza,
  • Breedbekprion,
  • Prione beccolargo,
  • brednäbbad valfågel,
  • Brednebbhvalfugl,
  • hladinár širokozobý,
  • buřňák širokozobý,
  • Brednæbbet Hvalfugl,
  • leveänokkaprioni,
  • Breëbekwalvisvoël,
  • petrell prió becample,
  • petrelek szerokodzioby,
  • Ширококлювая китовая птичка,
  • ヒロハシクジラドリ,
  • 阔嘴锯鹱,
  • 闊嘴鋸鸌,

Voice song and cries

Habitat

Grassland : Subantarctic ; Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) : ; Marine Neritic : Pelagic, Subtidal Rock and Rocky Reefs, Subtidal Loose Rock/pebble/gravel, Subtidal Sandy, Subtidal Sandy-Mud, Macroalgal/Kelp, Seagrass (Submerged) ; Marine Oceanic : Epipelagic (0-200m), Mesopelagic (200-1000m) ; Marine Intertidal : Rocky Shoreline ; Marine Coastal/Supratidal : Sea Cliffs and Rocky Offshore Islands

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Other sources of interest

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