Taxon Profile: Thalassoica antarctica

Taxonomy details

Context

Taxon Id
1030
Common Name
Antarctic Petrel
Authority
(Gmelin,1789)
Naming Status
Currently accepted name
Status
Found in the Antarctica/subantarctic or Southern Ocean
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Taxon has been resolved to the rank Species.

Hierarchy

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Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Procellariiformes
Family
Procellariidae
Genus
Thalassoica

©Kerry Steinberner 2008
Catalogue id
IA16053
Caption
Antarctic Petrel
Photographer
Steinberner, Kerry

Profile

Source of taxon data
CAVS
Latest Taxonomic scrutiny
CAVS 8.1 on 3-Jun-1994
Comments
CAVS 8.1 update:03-JUN-94

Species Profile:

Management

Threats
The threats to which this taxon is subject.
Egg loss and chick mortality is primarily due to adverse weather conditions and occasional predation by skuas.

Taxon Biology

Diet and Feeding
Diet and feeding details
Euphausiid shrimp, pteropods, cephalopods, fish and medusae form the basis of the Antarctic petrel's diet. They feed while swimming but can dive well from the surface and the air.
Habitat
Includes realm (e.g. Terrestrial etc) and climatic information (e.g. Boreal); also includes requirements and tolerances; horizontal and vertical distribution;
Antarctic petrels are found in open water with scattered ice bergs, ice floes and in open pack ice. They often nest on low snow-free cliffs exposed to wind.
Breeding biology
Reproduction including mating habits, habitat usage in breeding, duration of breeding.
One egg is laid in late November to early December each year. The incubation period lasts more than 45 days and chicks fledge from late February to mid-March.

Relationships with other taxa

Traits

CCAMLR FishLog Database species identifier CCAMLR FishLog Database species identifier TAA

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