Species profile
Snow Petrel
Pagodroma nivea
Quick answer
Breeding regions are SO, AN. Breeding subregions are satellite islets, coasts and to 440 km inland in Antarctica. Non breeding regions are near pack-ice in Southern Ocean.
- Scientific name
- Pagodroma nivea
- Family
- Procellariidae
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- Genus
- Pagodroma
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Snow Petrel in your journal
When you see this bird, log the sighting with the date, the place and any photos. If it's your first, Feather Journal marks it as a lifer and adds it to your life list automatically — no spreadsheet, no re-typing.
Related species in Procellariidae
- Antarctic fulmar, Southern fulmar, Silver-grey petrel (Fulmarus glacialoides)
- Antarctic petrel (Thalassoica antarctica)
- Antarctic Prion (Pachyptila desolata)
- Ardenna davealleni (Ardenna davealleni)
- Argyrodyptes microtarsus (Argyrodyptes microtarsus)
- Atlantic Petrel (Pterodroma incerta)
- Balearic Shearwater (Puffinus mauretanicus)
- Bannerman's Shearwater (Puffinus bannermani)