GALLERIES > BIRDS > PROCELLARIIFORMES > PROCELLARIIDAE > ANTARCTIC PRION [Pachyptila desolata] [plot on map]
Location: Shag Rocks, South GeorgiaGPS: -53.5S, -42.0W, depth=-435' MAP Date: January 12, 2010 ID : 7C2V9879 [3888 x 2592]
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Location: South Atlantic Ocean (3)GPS: -52.5S, -49.3W, depth=-11,550' MAP Date: January 11, 2010 ID : 7C2V9721 [3888 x 2592]
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Location: South Atlantic Ocean (3)GPS: -52.5S, -49.3W, depth=-11,550' MAP Date: January 11, 2010 ID : 7C2V9671 [3888 x 2592]
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Location: South Atlantic Ocean (3)GPS: -52.5S, -49.3W, depth=-11,550' MAP Date: January 11, 2010 ID : 7C2V9583 [3888 x 2592]
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Location: South Atlantic Ocean (3)GPS: -52.5S, -49.3W, depth=-11,550' MAP Date: January 11, 2010 ID : 7C2V9722 [3888 x 2592]
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SPECIES INFO
The Antarctic Prion (Pachyptila desolata), also known as the Totorore in Maori, is the largest of the prions, a genus of small petrels of the Southern Ocean. The wingspan is 17"?20 cm.
It breeds in colonies on Auckland Island, Heard Island, Macquarie Island, Scott Island, the South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, the South Orkney Islands, the South Shetland Islands, the Crozet Islands, and the Kerguelen Islands.
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