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Snowy Sheathbill / Chionis albus

Snowy Sheathbill bird informationValues
Conservation statusLC - Least concern
SynonymsGreater Sheathbill, Pale-faced Sheathbill, Wattled Sheathbill, American Sheathbill, Snowy Paddy, Yellow-billed Sheathbill
Old latin name for birdVaginalis chionis, Vaginalis alba, Chionis alba
OrderShorebirds / Charadriiformes
FamilySheathbills / Chionidae
GenusChionis
Breeding regionAntarctica
Breeding subregionAntarctic Pen. and satellites, South Shetland, South Orkney, and South Georgia is.
Non breeding regionto coastal sc Chile and ec Argentina to Cape Horn and Falkland Is.

Snowy Sheathbill bird sounds *

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  • 1.
    Call, © Andrew Spencer
    Antarctica
  • 2.
    Call, © Andrew Spencer
    Antarctica
  • 3.
    Mating call, © Rodrigo Tapia
    Antarctica
  • 4.
    Call, © Santiago Imberti
    Antarctica
  • 5.
    Flight call, © Fabrice Schmitt
    Antarctica
  • 6.
    , © Michael Hurben
    Antarctica
  • 7.
    , © Michael Hurben
    Antarctica
  • 8.
    Call, © Bernabe Lopez-Lanus
    Argentina
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

Related species

Black-faced Sheathbill

Where to see Snowy Sheathbill

Snowy Sheathbill subspecies (0)

Translation

LanguageTranslation
AfrikaansGrootskedebek (-peddie), Grootskedebek, Amerikaanse Peddie
Azerbaijaniağ çovdarçı
Catalancolom antàrtic becgroc
Chinese白鞘嘴鸥
Chinese (Traditional)白鞘嘴鷗
Croatianbjelolica uzdašica
CzechŠtítonos bílý, štítonos světlezobý
DanishGulnæbbet Skedenæb
DutchZuidpoolkip
EsperantoBlanka ĥionido
Estonianlääne-tuppnokk
Finnishkeltatuppinokka
FrenchChionis blanc, Bec-en-fourreau blanc
GermanAmerikanischer Scheidenschnabel, Weißgesicht-Scheidenschnabel
Hungarianfalklandi tokoscsőrű
IcelandicSnæslíðri
ItalianChione niveo, Chione bianco
Japaneseサヤハシチドリ
Kazakhкәдімгі ақ татрең
Lithuanianbaltasis makščiasnapis
NorwegianAntarktisslirenebb, antarktisslirenebb
Norwegian NynorskAntarktisslirenebb
Polishpochwodziób żółtodzioby, pochwodziób zóltodzioby
Portuguesebico-de-bainha-antárctico, Pomba-antartica, pomba-antártica, pomba-antártica-branca, bico-de-bainha-branco
RussianБелая ржанка, Большая белая ржанка
SerbianSnežni kanijaš
Slovakbelák snežný
SpanishPaloma Antártica Blanca, Picovaina de las Malvinas, Picovaina de Malvinas, Paloma antártica, Paloma-Antártica
SwedishStörre slidnäbb, gulnäbbad slidnäbb
Tatarзур ак шөлди
TurkishAk Kıngaga
Ukrainianсніжниця жовтодзьоба
Uzbekоқ чўлдоқ, оқ ржанка