Antarctic Taxa

all Species within 1.0 degrees of the position

(Latitude 63° 30' 00.0" S Longitude 98° 55' 00.0" E )

Use the link on the Scientific Name to see full details of that taxa. The Observations link allows the user to search for observations near this place.

Any species that are protected are indicated by a *

Scientific NameAuthorityCommon Name   Observations
Aptenodytes forsteri Gray, 1844 Emperor Penguin Observations
Balaenoptera acutorostrata Laciphde,1804 Minke Whale * Observations
Balaenoptera bonaerensis Burmeister, 1867 Antarctic Minke Whale, Dark-shoulder Minke Whale * Observations
Balaenoptera borealis Lesson,1828 Sei Whale * Observations
Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus,1758) Blue Whale * Observations
Balaenoptera physalus Linnaeus,1758 Fin Whale * Observations
Daption capense (Linnaeus,1758) Cape Petrel Observations
Euphausia superba Dana, 1852 krill Observations
Fregetta grallaria grallaria (Vieilott, 1817) White-bellied Storm Petrel (Tasman Sea), White-bellied Storm-Petrel (Australasian) * Observations
Fulmarus glacialoides (Smith,1840) Southern Fulmar Observations
Globicephala sp. Unknown Pilot Whale Observations
Halobaena caerulea (Gmelin,1789) Blue Petrel * Observations
Hydrurga leptonyx (Blainville,1820) Leopard Seal * Observations
Hyperoodon planifrons Flower,1882 Southern Bottlenose Whale * Observations
Lobodon carcinophaga (Hombron and Jacquinot,1842) Crabeater Seal * Observations
Lugensa brevirostris (Lesson,1831) Kerguelen Petrel Observations
Macronectes giganteus Gmelin,1789 Southern Giant Petrel * Observations
Macronectes halli Mathews,1912 Northern Giant Petrel * Observations
Macronectes spp. Giant-petrel sp. Observations
Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski,1781) Humpback Whale * Observations
Mesoplodon sp. Unknown Beaked whale Observations
Oceanites oceanicus (Kuhl,1820) Wilson's Storm Petrel Observations
Ommatophoca rossii Gray,1844 Ross Seal * Observations
Orcinus orca Linnaeus,1758 Killer Whale * Observations
Pachyptila belcheri (Mathews,1912) Slender-billed Prion Observations
Pachyptila desolata (Gmelin,1789) Antarctic Prion Observations
Pachyptila salvini (Mathews,1912) Salvin's Prion Observations
Pachyptila spp. Prion sp. Observations
Pachyptila turtur (Kuhl,1820) Fairy Prion Observations
Pagodroma nivea (Forster,1777) Snow Petrel Observations
Paraclisis diomedeae (Fabricius, 1775) Bird louse Observations
Perineus nigrolimbatus (Giebel, 1874) Bird louse Observations
Phoebetria palpebrata Forster,1785 Light-mantled Sooty Albatross * Observations
Procellaria aequinoctialis Linnaeus,1758 White-chinned Petrel * Observations
Pterodroma inexpectata (Forster,1844) Mottled Petrel Observations
Pterodroma lessonii (Garnot,1826) White-headed Petrel Observations
Pterodroma mollis (Gould,1844) Soft-plumaged Petrel * Observations
Puffinus griseus (Gmelin,1789) Sooty Shearwater Observations
Puffinus spp. indet Short-tailed/Sooty Shearwater Observations
Puffinus tenuirostris (Temminck,1835) Short-tailed Shearwater Observations
Pygoscelis adeliae (Hombron and Jacquinot,1841) Adelie Penguin Observations
Saemundssonia bicolor (Rudow, 1870) Bird louse Observations
Saemundssonia nivea Bird louse Observations
Sterna paradisaea Pontoppidan,1763 Arctic Tern * Observations
Thalassarche chrysostoma Forster,1785 Grey-headed Albatross * Observations
Thalassoica antarctica (Gmelin,1789) Antarctic Petrel Observations

For additional taxa, see the Search Taxonomy page of Antarctic Biodiversity.