Taxon Profile: Pagodroma nivea

Taxonomy details

Context

Taxon Id
1045
Common Name
Snow Petrel
Authority
(Forster,1777)
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
Pagodroma

©Chris Wilson 2007
Catalogue id
IA11093
Caption
Snow Petrel
Photographer
Wilson, Christopher (Chris)

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:

Biology

Additional Information Skuas are the major predator of the snow petrel, but severe weather conditions, especially heavy snow that blocks nest entrances, may cause adults to abandon their eggs or leave chicks to starve. Egg mortality is about 50% and chick mortality is 10-15%. One egg is laid in late November and is incubated for 41-49 days. Snow petrel chicks fledge in late February to mid-May.

Taxon Biology

Diet and Feeding
Diet and feeding details
At sea, snow petrels eat mainly fish, some cephalopods, molluscs and euphausiids. They also feed on seal placentas, dead seals, and whale and penguin carcasses.
Habitat
Includes realm (e.g. Terrestrial etc) and climatic information (e.g. Boreal); also includes requirements and tolerances; horizontal and vertical distribution;
Nesting occurs colonially on cliff sites near the sea and inland, on the Antarctic Peninsula and continent. During the winter months they disperse to pack ice, ice floes and adjacent Antarctic seas.

Traits

CCAMLR FishLog Database species identifier CCAMLR FishLog Database species identifier PWP

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