Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in Afrikaans:
Marionwalvisvoël
Common Names in Dutch:
Salvins prion
Common Names in English:
Medium-billed Prion, Salvin's Prion
Common Names in French:
Prion de Salvin
Common Names in German:
Kleiner Entensturmvogel
Description
Physical Description
Adult : Bill: blue Shape : broad Body: Shape: graceful.
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 3,286 meters (0 to 10,781 feet).[1]
Ecology:
This marine
species normally occurs offshore, and can be found in
areas of upwelling
outside the breeding season
. Its diet
is comprised
mostly of crustaceans, especially krill, but also fish and squid,
all of which it catches either by hydroplaning, surface-seizing or
filtering. Breeding starts in October in huge colonies up to and
above one million individuals strong
. It nests
in burrows, usually
on islands, inland on highland plateaux or on slopes
with grass
or
shrubs
. It can also be found in caves or crevices1.
[2].
List of Habitats
:
- 4 Grassland
- 4.3 Grassland - Subantarctic
- 7 Caves and Subterranean Habitats (non-aquatic)
- 7.1 Caves and Subterranean Habitats (non-aquatic) - Caves
- 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) [more info]
Taxonomy
- 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
()
- Series:
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()
- Superfamily:
Procellarioidea
()
- Fürbringer, 1888
- Family:
Procellariidae
()
- Leach, 1820
- Subfamily:
Procellariinae
()
- Genus:
Pachyptila
()
- Illiger 1811
- Specific name:
salvini
- (Mathews) 1912
- Scientific name: - Pachyptila salvini (Mathews, 1912) (Mathews) 1912
- Specific name:
salvini
- (Mathews) 1912
- Genus:
Pachyptila
(
- Subfamily:
Procellariinae
(
- Family:
Procellariidae
(
- Superfamily:
Procellarioidea
(
- Series:
http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/title/58052" ta
(
- 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 salvini (Mathews, 1912)
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 13-Jun-2007
Similar Species
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
Notes
Contributors
- BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- BirdLife International 2009. Pachyptila salvini. 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 09, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 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 09, 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
- OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider: Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 9026
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-723295
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 4490920
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 174605
- IUCN ID: 229375
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 152447
Footnotes
- Mean = 392.480 meters (1,287.664 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,195.270 based on 1,659 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
- BirdLife International 2009. Pachyptila salvini. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 03 February 2012. [back]
