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Snow Petrel / Pagodroma nivea

Snow Petrel bird informationValues
Conservation statusLC - Least concern
SynonymsLesser Snow Petrel, Lesser or Greater Snow-Petrel, Lesser Snow-Petrel, Snowy Petrel
Old latin name for birdProcellaria nivea, Pagodroma confusa
OrderAlbatrosses and petrels / Procellariiformes
FamilyPetrels, Shearwaters, Diving Petrels / Procellariidae
GenusPagodroma
Breeding regionAntarctica, Southern ocean
Breeding subregionsatellite islets, coasts and to 440 km inland in Antarctica
Non breeding regionnear pack-ice in Southern Ocean

Snow Petrel bird sounds *

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  • 1.
    Adult, begging call, call, hatchling or nestling, sex uncertain, © Stein Ø. Nilsen
    Antarctica
  • 2.
    Adult, arrival call, begging call, hatchling or nestling, sex uncertain, © Stein Ø. Nilsen
    Antarctica
  • 3.
    Call, © Santiago Imberti
    Antarctica
  • 4.
    Adult, call, hatchling or nestling, sex uncertain, © Stein Ø. Nilsen
    Antarctica
  • 5.
    Alarm call, © 王自堃
    Antarctica
  • 6.
    Call, song, © Stein Ø. Nilsen
    Antarctica
  • 7.
    Begging call, call, hatchling or nestling, sex uncertain, © Stein Ø. Nilsen
    Antarctica
  • 8.
    Adult, begging call, hatchling or nestling, sex uncertain, © Stein Ø. Nilsen
    Antarctica
  • 9.
    Adult, call, sex uncertain, © Stein Ø. Nilsen
    Antarctica
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

Where to see Snow Petrel

Snow Petrel subspecies (2)

SubspeciesBreeding subregionNonbreeding subregionExtinct
Pagodroma nivea majorBalleny Is. (n of se Antarctica) and perhaps elsewhere in e Antarctica including South Orkney Is.-No
Pagodroma nivea niveaScotia Arc (including near glaciers on South Georgia) and Antarctica-No

Translation

LanguageTranslation
Azerbaijaniqar fırtınaquşu
Catalanpetrell de les neus
Chinese雪鹱
Chinese (Traditional)雪鸌
Croatianbijeli zovoj
Czechbuřňák sněžní, Burnák snežní
DanishSnepetrel
DutchSneeuwstormvogel
EsperantoNeĝa petrelo
Estonianlumi-tormilind
Finnishlumimyrskyliitäjä
FrenchPétrel des neiges ou P. blanc, Fulmar des neiges, Petit Pétrel des neiges, Pétrel des neiges
GermanSchneesturmvogel, Schnee-Sturmvogel
Hungarianhóhojsza
IcelandicSnædrúði
ItalianPetrello delle nevi
Japaneseユキドリ
Lithuaniansnieginis audrašauklis
Norwegiansnøpetrell, Snøpetrell
Norwegian NynorskSnøpetrell
Polishpetrel sniezny, petrel śnieżny
Portuguesepetrel-nival, grazina-nival, pardela-das-neves
RussianСнежный буревестник
SerbianSnežna burnica
Slovakfulmarčík snežný
SpanishPetrel de las nieves, Petrel níveo, Petrel Niveo, Petrel Blanco
Swedishispetrell
TurkishAk Fırtınakuşu
Ukrainianбуревісник білий