| Checklist Name | Antarctic Birds |
|---|---|
| Description | The definite list of Antarctic birds with status on breeding, vagrant or visitor to the region. |
| Purpose/Comments | This list from the SCAR Expert Group on Birds, May 2005. See http://www.birds.scar.org/. It does not include sub-Antarctic species unless they are visitors or vagrants. |
List of 83 species sorted by kingdom to species. (View same list sorted by Family)
See full details on a species by clicking on the Scientific Name.
Animalia | |||||||||
Chordata | |||||||||
Aves | |||||||||
Anseriformes | |||||||||
Anatidae | |||||||||
| Anas eatoni | Eaton's Pintail | (Sharpe, 1875) | Eaton's Pintail | Vagrant | |||||
| Anas georgica | Yellow-billed Pintail | Gmelin, 1789 | Yellow-billed Pintail | Vagrant | |||||
| Anas sibilatrix | Chiloe Wigeon | Poeppig, 1829 | Chiloe Wigeon | Vagrant | |||||
| Cygnus melanocorypha | Black-necked Swan | (Molina, 1782) | Black-necked Swan | Vagrant | |||||
Ardeiformes | |||||||||
Ardeidae | |||||||||
| Bubulcus ibis | Cattle Egret | Linnaeus, 1758 | Cattle Egret | Vagrant | |||||
Charadriiformes | |||||||||
Chionidae | |||||||||
| Chionis alba | Snowy Sheathbill | Gmelin, 1789 | Snowy Sheathbill | Breeding | |||||
Laridae | |||||||||
| Catharacta chilensis | Chilean Skua | (Bonaparte, 1857) | Chilean Skua | Vagrant | |||||
| Catharacta lonnbergi | Brown Skua | Mathews, 1912 | Brown Skua | Breeding | |||||
| Catharacta lonnbergi lonnbergi | Subantarctic Skua (southern) | Subantarctic Skua (southern) | Breeding | ||||||
| Catharacta maccormicki | South Polar Skua | (Saunders,1893) | South Polar Skua | Breeding | |||||
| Larus dominicanus | Kelp Gull | Lichtenstein, 1823 | Kelp Gull | Breeding | |||||
| Stercorarius parasiticus | Parasitic Jaeger | Linnaeus, 1758 | Parasitic Jaeger | Vagrant | |||||
| Stercorarius pomarinus | Pomarine Jaeger, Pomarine Skua | (Temminck,1815) | Pomarine Jaeger, Pomarine Skua | Vagrant | |||||
| Sterna paradisaea | Arctic Tern | Pontoppidan,1763 | Arctic Tern | Visitor | |||||
| Sterna vittata | Antarctic Tern | Gmelin,1789 | Antarctic Tern | Breeding | |||||
| Sterna vittata vittata | Antarctic Tern (Indian Ocean) | Gmelin, 1789 | Antarctic Tern (Indian Ocean) | Breeding | |||||
| Sterna vittata bethunei | Antarctic Tern (New Zealand) | Buller, 1896 | Antarctic Tern (New Zealand) | Breeding | |||||
Scolopacidae | |||||||||
| Bartramia longicauda | Upland Sandpiper | (Bechstein,1812) | Upland Sandpiper | Vagrant | |||||
| Calidris bairdii | Baird's Sandpiper | (Coues,1861) | Baird's Sandpiper | Vagrant | |||||
| Calidris fuscicollis | White-rumped Sandpiper | (Vieillot,1819 | White-rumped Sandpiper | Vagrant | |||||
| Calidris melanotos | Pectoral Sandpiper | (Vieillot,1819) | Pectoral Sandpiper | Vagrant | |||||
| Calidris minutilla | Least Sandpiper | Viellot, 1819 | Least Sandpiper | Vagrant | |||||
| Phalaropus fulicaria | Grey Phalarope | (Linnaeus,1758) | Grey Phalarope | Vagrant | |||||
| Steganopus tricolor | Wilson's Phalarope | (Vieillot,1819) | Wilson's Phalarope | Vagrant | |||||
Ciconiiformes | |||||||||
Phalacrocoracidae | |||||||||
| Phalacrocorax brandsfieldensis | Antarctic Shag | Murphy, 1936 | Antarctic Shag | Breeding | |||||
| Phalacrocorax nivalis | Heard Shag | Falla, 1937 | Heard Shag | Breeding | |||||
| Phalacrocorax purpurascens | Macquarie Shag | Macquarie Shag | Breeding | ||||||
Thinocoridae | |||||||||
| Thinocorus rumicovorus | Least Seedsnipe | Eschscholtz, 1829 | Least Seedsnipe | Vagrant | |||||
Passeriformes | |||||||||
Hirundinidae | |||||||||
| Hirundo rustica | Barn Swallow | Linnaeus,1758 | Barn Swallow | Vagrant | |||||
Procellariiformes | |||||||||
Diomedeidae | |||||||||
| Diomedea epomophora | Southern Royal Albatross | Lesson,1825 | Southern Royal Albatross | Vagrant | |||||
| Diomedea exulans | Wandering Albatross | Linnaeus,1758 | Wandering Albatross | Visitor | |||||
| Diomedea exulans chionoptera | Wandering Albatross (southern or Macquarie Is.) | Wandering Albatross (southern or Macquarie Is.) | Visitor | ||||||
| Phoebetria fusca | Sooty Albatross | Hilsenberg,1822 | Sooty Albatross | Vagrant | |||||
| Phoebetria palpebrata | Light-mantled Sooty Albatross | Forster,1785 | Light-mantled Sooty Albatross | Visitor | |||||
| Thalassarche bulleri | Buller's Albatross | Rothschild, 1893 | Buller's Albatross | Vagrant | |||||
| Thalassarche carteri | Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross | (Mathews, 1912) | Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross | Vagrant | |||||
| Thalassarche chrysostoma | Grey-headed Albatross | Forster,1785 | Grey-headed Albatross | Visitor | |||||
| Thalassarche eremita | Chatham Albatross | (Murphy, 1930) | Chatham Albatross | Vagrant | |||||
| Thalassarche melanophrys | Black-browed Albatross | Temminck, 1828 | Black-browed Albatross | Visitor | |||||
Hydrobatidae | |||||||||
| Fregetta grallaria grallaria | White-bellied Storm Petrel (Tasman Sea), White-bellied Storm-Petrel (Australasian) | (Vieilott, 1817) | White-bellied Storm Petrel (Tasman Sea), White-bellied Storm-Petrel (Australasian) | Vagrant | |||||
| Fregetta grallaria | White-bellied Storm-Petrel | (Vieillot,1817) | White-bellied Storm-Petrel | Vagrant | |||||
| Fregetta tropica | Black-bellied Storm Petrel | (Gould,1844) | Black-bellied Storm Petrel | Breeding | |||||
| Garrodia nereis | Grey-backed Storm-Petrel | (Gould,1841) | Grey-backed Storm-Petrel | Vagrant | |||||
| Oceanites oceanicus | Wilson's Storm Petrel | (Kuhl,1820) | Wilson's Storm Petrel | Breeding | |||||
| Oceanodroma leucorhoa | Leach's Storm-Petrel | (Vieillot,1818) | Leach's Storm-Petrel | Vagrant | |||||
Procellariidae | |||||||||
| Daption capense | Cape Petrel | (Linnaeus,1758) | Cape Petrel | Breeding | |||||
| Fulmarus glacialoides | Southern Fulmar | (Smith,1840) | Southern Fulmar | Breeding | |||||
| Halobaena caerulea | Blue Petrel | (Gmelin,1789) | Blue Petrel | Visitor | |||||
| Lugensa brevirostris | Kerguelen Petrel | (Lesson,1831) | Kerguelen Petrel | Visitor | |||||
| Macronectes giganteus | Southern Giant Petrel | Gmelin,1789 | Southern Giant Petrel | Breeding | |||||
| Macronectes halli | Northern Giant Petrel | Mathews,1912 | Northern Giant Petrel | Visitor | |||||
| Pachyptila belcheri | Slender-billed Prion | (Mathews,1912) | Slender-billed Prion | Visitor | |||||
| Pachyptila crassirostris | Fulmar Prion | (Mathews,1912) | Fulmar Prion | Vagrant | |||||
| Pachyptila crassirostris eatoni | Fulmar Prion (southern) | Fulmar Prion (southern) | Vagrant | ||||||
| Pachyptila desolata | Antarctic Prion | (Gmelin,1789) | Antarctic Prion | Breeding | |||||
| Pachyptila turtur | Fairy Prion | (Kuhl,1820) | Fairy Prion | Vagrant | |||||
| Pachyptila turtur subantarctica | Fairy Prion (southern) | Fairy Prion (southern) | Vagrant | ||||||
| Pachyptila vittata | Broad-billed Prion | Forster, 1777 | Broad-billed Prion | Vagrant | |||||
| Pagodroma nivea | Snow Petrel | (Forster,1777) | Snow Petrel | Breeding | |||||
| Pelecanoides georgicus | South Georgian Diving Petrel | Murphy and Harper,1916 | South Georgian Diving Petrel | Vagrant | |||||
| Pelecanoides urinatrix | Common Diving-Petrel | (Gmelin,1789) | Common Diving-Petrel | Vagrant | |||||
| Procellaria aequinoctialis | White-chinned Petrel | Linnaeus,1758 | White-chinned Petrel | Visitor | |||||
| Procellaria cinerea | Grey Petrel | Gmelin,1789 | Grey Petrel | Vagrant | |||||
| Pterodroma incerta | Atlantic Petrel | (Schlegel,1863) | Atlantic Petrel | Vagrant | |||||
| Pterodroma inexpectata | Mottled Petrel | (Forster,1844) | Mottled Petrel | Visitor | |||||
| Pterodroma lessonii | White-headed Petrel | (Garnot,1826) | White-headed Petrel | Visitor | |||||
| Pterodroma leucoptera | Gould's Petrel | (Gould,1844) | Gould's Petrel | Vagrant | |||||
| Pterodroma macroptera | Great-winged Petrel | (Smith,1840) | Great-winged Petrel | Vagrant | |||||
| Pterodroma mollis | Soft-plumaged Petrel | (Gould,1844) | Soft-plumaged Petrel | Visitor | |||||
| Pterodroma mollis deceptornis | Soft-plumaged Petrel (northern) | Soft-plumaged Petrel (northern) | Visitor | ||||||
| Puffinus gavia | Fluttering Shearwater | (Forster,1844) | Fluttering Shearwater | Vagrant | |||||
| Puffinus griseus | Sooty Shearwater | (Gmelin,1789) | Sooty Shearwater | Visitor | |||||
| Puffinus tenuirostris | Short-tailed Shearwater | (Temminck,1835) | Short-tailed Shearwater | Visitor | |||||
| Thalassoica antarctica | Antarctic Petrel | (Gmelin,1789) | Antarctic Petrel | Breeding | |||||
Sphenisciformes | |||||||||
Spheniscidae | |||||||||
| Aptenodytes forsteri | Emperor Penguin | Gray, 1844 | Emperor Penguin | Breeding | |||||
| Aptenodytes patagonicus | King Penguin | Miller,1778 | King Penguin | Visitor | |||||
| Eudyptes chrysocome | Rockhopper Penguin | (Forster,1781) | Rockhopper Penguin | Vagrant | |||||
| Eudyptes chrysocome filholi | Rockhopper Penguin (eastern) | Rockhopper Penguin (eastern) | Vagrant | ||||||
| Eudyptes chrysolophus | Macaroni Penguin | (Brandt,1837) | Macaroni Penguin | Breeding | |||||
| Pygoscelis adeliae | Adelie Penguin | (Hombron and Jacquinot,1841) | Adelie Penguin | Breeding | |||||
| Pygoscelis antarctica | Chinstrap Penguin | (Forster,1781) | Chinstrap Penguin | Breeding | |||||
| Pygoscelis papua | Gentoo Penguin | (Forster,1781) | Gentoo Penguin | Breeding | |||||
| Spheniscus magellanicus | Magellanic Penguin | (Forster,1781) | Magellanic Penguin | Vagrant | |||||
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