Fairy Prion
Pachyptila turtur - Prion colombe
Systematics
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Order:
Procellariiformes
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Family:
Procellariidés
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Genus:
Pachyptila
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Species:
turtur
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 28 cm
- Wingspan: 56 à 60 cm.
- Weight: 88 à 175 g
Longevity
22 years
Geographic range
Identification
Fairy Prion (Pachyptila turtur) is a species of bird in the Procellariidae family.
Subspecific information 2 subspecies
- Pachyptila turtur turtur (Falkland Is, South Georgia, s Indian Ocean, Tasmania, New Zealand offshore islands, Chatham Is.)
- Pachyptila turtur subantarctica (Antipodes, Snares, Macquarie Is.)
Foreign names
- Prion colombe,
- Prión piquicorto,
- faigão-de-bico-curto,
- Feensturmvogel,
- gerlecsőrű cethojsza,
- Duifprion,
- Prione fatato,
- ljushuvad valfågel,
- Alvehvalfugl,
- hladinár čarovný,
- buřňák hrdliččí,
- Alfehvalfugl,
- pikkuprioni,
- Swartstertwalvisvoël,
- petrell prió bec-curt,
- petrelek krótkodzioby,
- Снеговая китовая птичка,
- ヒメクジラドリ,
- 仙锯鹱,
- 仙鋸鸌,
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 Coastal/Supratidal : Sea Cliffs and Rocky Offshore Islands
Threats - protection
IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
in the Wild
Near
threatened
threatened
Not
evaluated
evaluated
EX
EW
CR
EN
VU
NT
LC
NE
Sources of information
- A Complete Guide to Antarctic Wildlife : The Birds and Marine Mammals of the Antarctic Continent and the Southern Ocean, Hadoram Shirihai
- Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic birds, 1: ratites to ducks., Marchant, S.; Higgins, P. J.
- HBW Alive,
- IUCN Red List of Threatened species,
- New Zealand birds and birding, Narena Olliver
- IOC World Bird List (v14.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2024-04-18.
Other sources of interest
- Accipitriformes
- Aegotheliformes
- Anseriformes
- Apodiformes
- Apterygiformes
- Bucerotiformes
- Caprimulgiformes
- Cariamiformes
- Casuariiformes
- Charadriiformes
- Ciconiiformes
- Coliiformes
- Columbiformes
- Coraciiformes
- Cuculiformes
- Eurypygiformes
- Falconiformes
- Galliformes
- Gaviiformes
- Gruiformes
- Leptosomiformes
- Mesitornithiformes
- Musophagiformes
- Nyctibiiformes
- Opisthocomiformes
- Otidiformes
- Passeriformes
- Pelecaniformes
- Phaethontiformes
- Phoenicopteriformes
- Piciformes
- Podargiformes
- Podicipediformes
- Procellariiformes
- Psittaciformes
- Pterocliformes
- Rheiformes
- Sphenisciformes
- Steatornithiformes
- Strigiformes
- Struthioniformes
- Suliformes
- Tinamiformes
- Trogoniformes