Antarctic Taxa

Fauna taxa within

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
Catharacta maccormicki (Saunders,1893) South Polar Skua Observations
Daption capense (Linnaeus,1758) Cape Petrel Observations
Diphascon chilenense Plate, 1888 Observations
Fulmarus glacialoides (Smith,1840) Southern Fulmar Observations
Hypsibius antarcticus (J. Murray, 1907) Water bear Observations
Macronectes giganteus Gmelin,1789 Southern Giant Petrel * Observations
Oceanites oceanicus (Kuhl,1820) Wilson's Storm Petrel Observations
Pagodroma nivea (Forster,1777) Snow Petrel Observations
Pseudechiniscus suillus (Ehrenberg, 1853) Water bear Observations
Pygoscelis adeliae (Hombron and Jacquinot,1841) Adelie Penguin Observations

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