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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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Records from Puerto Deseado

Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

Synonyms: Chionis alba, Vaginalis alba.


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Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 666497
  Adult
Puerto Deseado
Santa Cruz
Argentina
12/15/2025
Hernán Tolosa
Foto
Photography ID: 666496
  Adult
Puerto Deseado
Santa Cruz
Argentina
12/14/2025
Hernán Tolosa
Foto
Photography ID: 662992
 Puerto Deseado
Santa Cruz
Argentina
12/14/2025
Jorgelina Lopez
Foto
Photography ID: 573732
  Adult
Puerto Deseado
Santa Cruz
Argentina
02/18/2024
Ariel Alejandro Vazquez
Foto
Photography ID: 573731
  Adult
Puerto Deseado
Santa Cruz
Argentina
02/18/2024
Ariel Alejandro Vazquez
Foto
Photography ID: 528188
  Adult
Puerto Deseado
Santa Cruz
Argentina
03/17/2023
Julián Tocce
Foto
Photography ID: 487279
  Adult
Puerto Deseado
Santa Cruz
Argentina
01/17/2022
Eugenia Boggiano
Foto
Photography ID: 483854
 Puerto Deseado
Santa Cruz
Argentina
02/02/2022
Jorgelina Lopez
Foto
Photography ID: 442669
  Adult
Puerto Deseado
Santa Cruz
Argentina
03/28/2021
Dolores Fernandez
Foto
Photography ID: 421371
  Adult
Puerto Deseado
Santa Cruz
Argentina
07/30/2020
Christian Altamirano
Foto
Photography ID: 392958
  Adult
Puerto Deseado
Santa Cruz
Argentina
03/10/2020
Jorge Schlemmer
Foto
Photography ID: 388379
  Adult
Puerto Deseado
Santa Cruz
Argentina
02/07/2020
María Del Carmen Fabeiro



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 Detail of places sorted by number of records







Page 1
Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
241254018/12/2025ArgentinaSanta CruzIsla Pingüino, Puerto DeseadoHernán Tolosa
240091518/12/2025ArgentinaSanta CruzIsla Pingüino, Puerto DeseadoJorgelina Lopez
241282815/12/2025ArgentinaSanta CruzDesagüe de Carsa, Puerto DeseadoHernán Tolosa
241282714/12/2025ArgentinaSanta CruzDesagüe de Carsa, Puerto DeseadoHernán Tolosa
241251314/12/2025ArgentinaSanta CruzRia Puerto Deseado, Puerto DeseadoHernán Tolosa
239970614/12/2025ArgentinaSanta CruzRia Puerto Deseado, Puerto DeseadoJorgelina Lopez
200570018/02/2024ArgentinaSanta CruzIsla Pingüino, Puerto DeseadoAriel Alejandro Vazquez
173504117/03/2023ArgentinaSanta CruzRia Puerto Deseado, Puerto DeseadoJulián Tocce
172338506/02/2023ArgentinaSanta CruzRia Puerto Deseado, Puerto Deseado2Gabriel Carbajales
154580111/02/2022ArgentinaSanta CruzRia Puerto Deseado, Puerto Deseado10Matias Petroccello
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Snowy Sheathbill (Chionis albus) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 16/03/2026.