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Snowy Sheathbill

Chionis albus
(Gmelin, JF, 1789)
Paloma Antártica
Pomba-antártica
Family: Chionidae
Order: Charadriiformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia
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Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

Synonyms: Chionis alba, Vaginalis alba.


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Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 637971
 Mar del Plata
Buenos Aires
Argentina
07/08/2024
Gustavo Marasco
Foto
Photography ID: 614194
  Adult
Mar del Plata
Buenos Aires
Argentina
12/10/2024
Regina Gerbaldo
Foto
Photography ID: 609802
  Adult
Mar del Plata
Buenos Aires
Argentina
08/18/2024
José Luis Ianiro
Foto
Photography ID: 608871
  Adult
Reserva Natural Punta Loma
Chubut
Argentina
10/21/2024
Eduardo Cusano
Foto
Photography ID: 607524
  Adult
Reserva Natural Punta Loma
Chubut
Argentina
10/21/2024
Sergio Cusano
Foto
Photography ID: 607523
  Adult
Reserva Natural Punta Loma
Chubut
Argentina
10/21/2024
Sergio Cusano



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
220787110/12/2024ArgentinaBuenos AiresEscollera Sur, Mar del PlataRegina Gerbaldo
221799504/12/2024ArgentinaIslas MalvinasThe rookery, Isla Trinidad (saunders Island)Santos Uranga
221796802/12/2024ArgentinaIslas MalvinasIsla Borbón (pebble Island)Santos Uranga
219333616/11/2024ArgentinaTierra del FuegoEsteban Martínez Martos 785, Río Grande5María Alejandra Sosa
219099516/11/2024ArgentinaTierra del FuegoEsteban Martínez Martos 785, Río Grande5Jorge La Grotteria
219066016/11/2024ArgentinaBuenos AiresAvenida Almirante Brown, QuequénSusana Gomez
219061515/11/2024ArgentinaTierra del FuegoRuta Nacional 3 2815, Río Grande5Jorge La Grotteria
219061115/11/2024ArgentinaTierra del FuegoRuta Nacional 3, Río Grande2Jorge La Grotteria
219058515/11/2024ArgentinaTierra del FuegoRuta Nacional 3 2815, Río Grande5María Alejandra Sosa
219055915/11/2024ArgentinaTierra del FuegoRuta Nacional 3, Río Grande2María Alejandra Sosa
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Snowy Sheathbill (Chionis albus) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 29/03/2026.