Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in Afrikaans:
Antarktiese Walvisvoël
Common Names in Dutch:
Antarctische prion
Common Names in English:
Antarctic Prion, Dove Prion
Common Names in French:
Prion de la D?solation, Prion de la Désolation
Common Names in German:
Taubensturmvogel
Common Names in Japanese:
ナンキョククジラドリ
Description
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Physical Description
Adult : Face : Eyebrow Line : white Eye Stripe: black patch Bill: blue-gray Neck: Collar : blue-gray half-collar Body: Back: blackish w-shaped marking extending out to wings Underparts: white Upperparts: blue-gray Legs : Foot Color: blue Wings : Greater Coverts: blackish Undersides: white Tail: gray with black tip Shape : wedge-shaped.
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 3,286 meters (0 to 10,781 feet).[1]
Ecology:
This species breeds
on slopes
under grass
tussocks
, in rock crevices
or scree, or on cliffs
. Its prey
is mostly crustaceans (especially
krill, copepods
and amphipods
), but also small quantities of fish
and squid1.
[2].
List of Habitats
:
- 4 Grassland
- 4.3 Grassland - Subantarctic
- 6 Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)
- 9 Marine Neritic
- 9.1 Marine Neritic - Pelagic
- 9.2 Marine Neritic - Subtidal Rock and Rocky Reefs
- 9.3 Marine Neritic - Subtidal Loose Rock/pebble/gravel
- 9.4 Marine Neritic - Subtidal Sandy
- 9.5 Marine Neritic - Subtidal Sandy-Mud
- 9.7 Marine Neritic - Macroalgal/Kelp
- 9.9 Marine Neritic - Seagrass (Submerged)
- 10 Marine Oceanic
- 10.1 Marine Oceanic - Epipelagic (0-200m)
- 10.2 Marine Oceanic - Mesopelagic (200-1000m)
- 12 Marine Intertidal
- 12.1 Marine Intertidal - Rocky Shoreline
- 13 Marine Coastal/Supratidal
- 13.1 Marine Coastal/Supratidal - Sea Cliffs and Rocky Offshore Islands [more info]
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Subclass:
Avialae
()
- Gauthier, 1986
- Infraclass:
Aves
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cohort:
Neognathae
()
- Pycraft, 1900
- Superorder:
Procellariimorphae
()
- Fürbringer, 1888
- Order:
Procellariiformes
()
- (Fürbringer, 1888)
- Suborder:
Procellarae
()
- Gadow, 1893
- Infraorder:
Ciconiides
()
-
- Parvorder:
Ciconiida
()
- Superfamily:
Procellarioidea
()
- Fürbringer, 1888
- Family:
Procellariidae
()
- Leach, 1820
- Subfamily:
Procellariinae
()
- Genus:
Pachyptila
()
- Illiger 1811
- Specific name:
desolata
- (Gmelin) 1789
- Scientific name: - Pachyptila desolata (Gmelin, 1789) (Gmelin) 1789
- Specific name:
desolata
- (Gmelin) 1789
- Genus:
Pachyptila
(
- Subfamily:
Procellariinae
(
- Family:
Procellariidae
(
- Superfamily:
Procellarioidea
(
- Parvorder:
Ciconiida
(
- Infraorder:
Ciconiides
(
- Suborder:
Procellarae
(
- Order:
Procellariiformes
(
- Superorder:
Procellariimorphae
(
- Cohort:
Neognathae
(
- Infraclass:
Aves
(
- Subclass:
Avialae
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Pachyptila desolata (Gmelin 1789) • Pachyptila desolata (J. F. Gmelin, 1789)
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 13-Jun-2007
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Pachyptila
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 10 species and subspecies in this genus:
P. belcheri (Slender-Billed Prion) · P. crassirostris (Thick-Billed Prion) · P. crassirostris crassirostris (Thick-Billed Prion) · P. desolata (Antarctic Prion) · P. desolata desolata (Antarctic Prion) · P. forsteri (Broad-Billed Prion) · P. salvini (Medium-Billed Prion) · P. salvini salvini (Medium-Billed Prion) · P. turtur (Fairy Prion) · P. vittata (Broad-Billed Prion)
More Info
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Further Reading
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- Bulletin / Peabody Museum of Natural History. 1972 New Haven: Peabody Museum of Natural History, url fig. 5, p. 64.
- Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) url p. 203, p. 63.
- Catalogue of birds of the Americas and the adjacent islands in Field Museum of Natural History. Charles E. Hellmayr, Boardman Conover. 13 1948 Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1948. url p. 56.
- Check-list and bibliography on the occurrence of insects in birds' nests. Ames, Iowa State College Press[1959] url p. 325, p. 570.
- Check-list of birds of the world. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1931-1987. url p. 49, p. 81.
- Oceanic birds of South America: a study of species of the related coasts and seas, including the American quadrant of Antarctica, based upon the Brewster-Sanford collection in the American Museum of Natural History / by Robert Cushman Murphy; illustrated from paintings by Francis L. Jaques; photographs, maps, and other drawings. New York: Macmillan Co.: c1936. url p. 1030, fig. 59, p. 609, p. 613, p. 614, p. 618, p. 620, p. 626, p. 630, p. 632, p. 71, p. xi.
- Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 679, p. 9.
- Review of information regarding the conservation of living resources of the Antarctic marine ecosystem: final report / John L. Bengtson. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Marine Mammal Commission, [1978] url p. 11, p. 127.
- The Biological bulletin. Woods Hole, Mass.: Marine Biological Laboratory, url p. 253.
- The Emu: official organ of the Australasian Ornithologists' Union. Melbourne: Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union, 1901- url p. 56, p. 68.
- The Marine Mammal Commission compendium of selected treaties, international agreements, and other relevant documents on marine resources, wildlife, and the environment: first update / compiled by Richard L. Wallace. [Bethesda, Md.: For sale by the U.S. G.P.O., Supt. of Docs.], 1997. url p. 37, p. 42.
- Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History. 17 1974 [San Diego]: The Society, 1905-1989. url p. 222.
Notes
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Contributors
- BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- BirdLife International 2009. Pachyptila desolata. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 03February2012.
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 10, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 4 providers.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 10, 2008:
- Australian Antarctic Data Centre: Seabirds of the Southern and South Indian Ocean
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: SEAMAP - marine mammals, birds and turtles
- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
- OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider: Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 9027
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-174600
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 2480765
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 174600
- IUCN ID: 229374
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 152443
Footnotes
- Mean = 393.110 meters (1,289.731 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,198.390 based on 1,649 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
- BirdLife International 2009. Pachyptila desolata. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 03 February 2012. [back]
