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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 Mar del Plata

Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

Synonyms: Chionis alba, Vaginalis alba.


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Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 677241
  Adult
Mar del Plata
Buenos Aires
Argentina
03/08/2026
Tiago Vaggi
Foto
Photography ID: 654212
  Adult
Mar del Plata
Buenos Aires
Argentina
09/19/2025
Juan Manuel Canepa
Foto
Photography ID: 652472
  Adult
Mar del Plata
Buenos Aires
Argentina
08/06/2025
Elsa Longo
Foto
Photography ID: 652176
  Adult
Mar del Plata
Buenos Aires
Argentina
08/06/2025
Guillermo Marcaida
Foto
Photography ID: 646154
  Adult
Mar del Plata
Buenos Aires
Argentina
06/01/2025
José Luis Ianiro
Foto
Photography ID: 641906
♂ ♀ Mar del Plata
Buenos Aires
Argentina
07/05/2025
Regina Gerbaldo
Foto
Photography ID: 637971
 Mar del Plata
Buenos Aires
Argentina
07/08/2024
Gustavo Marasco
Foto
Photography ID: 628804
  Adult
Mar del Plata
Buenos Aires
Argentina
07/11/2020
Tiago Vaggi
Foto
Photography ID: 615293
  Adult
Mar del Plata
Buenos Aires
Argentina
01/14/2017
Walter Omar Buffarini
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



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
244537208/03/2026ArgentinaBuenos AiresEscollera Sur, Mar del PlataTiago Vaggi
244333601/03/2026ArgentinaBuenos AiresEscollera Sur, Mar del Plata4Victor Hugo Michelini
236874419/09/2025ArgentinaBuenos AiresEscollera Sur, Mar del PlataJuan Manuel Canepa
235131102/09/202511:52ArgentinaBuenos AiresAvenida Juan B. Justo 10, Mar del Plata15Nicolas Olejnik
234822806/08/202514:27ArgentinaBuenos AiresEscollera Sur, Mar del PlataElsa Longo
234600606/08/202514:27ArgentinaBuenos AiresEscollera Sur, Mar del PlataGuillermo Marcaida
231561105/07/2025ArgentinaBuenos AiresEscollera Sur, Mar del PlataRegina Gerbaldo
233195001/06/2025ArgentinaBuenos AiresReserva de lobos marinos, Mar del PlataJosé Luis Ianiro
240741801/03/2025ArgentinaBuenos AiresEscollera Sur, Mar del PlataSilvina Collado
227636001/03/2025ArgentinaBuenos AiresPuerto - Escollera Sur, Mar del Plata1Julian Uriel Collado
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Snowy Sheathbill (Chionis albus) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 15/03/2026.