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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 Ushuaia

Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

Synonyms: Chionis alba, Vaginalis alba.


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Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 601108
 Ushuaia
Tierra del Fuego
Argentina
09/04/2024
Angel Siguen
Foto
Photography ID: 559656
♂ ♀ Ushuaia
Tierra del Fuego
Argentina
10/24/2023
Carlos F. Danti
Foto
Photography ID: 472229
  Adult
Ushuaia
Tierra del Fuego
Argentina
11/07/2021
Andrés Cecconi
Foto
Photography ID: 408666
  Adult
Ushuaia
Tierra del Fuego
Argentina
11/08/2017
Jose Luis Vera
Foto
Photography ID: 389994
  Adult
Ushuaia
Tierra del Fuego
Argentina
05/10/2016
Alejandra Pons



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
231123021/06/202520:01ArgentinaTierra del FuegoCanal beagle, Ushuaia15Julián Luque
227183307/04/2025ArgentinaTierra del FuegoCanal beagle, Ushuaia5Faustino Hollmann
214115104/09/2024ArgentinaTierra del FuegoFaro Les Eclaireurs, UshuaiaAngel Siguen
210375611/05/2024ArgentinaTierra del FuegoCanal beagle, Ushuaia80Sabrina Godoy
207706411/05/2024ArgentinaTierra del FuegoCanal beagle, Ushuaia80Kenneth Roberts
195492810/01/2024ArgentinaTierra del FuegoCanal de Beagle, Ushuaia1Victor Hugo Michelini
192906424/10/2023ArgentinaTierra del FuegoCanal de Beagle, UshuaiaCarlos F. Danti
207706322/07/2023ArgentinaTierra del FuegoCanal beagle, Ushuaia155Kenneth Roberts
206609722/07/2023ArgentinaTierra del FuegoCanal beagle, Ushuaia155Ralph Roberts
210375414/01/2023ArgentinaTierra del Fuego AR (-55.039, Ushuaia5Sabrina Godoy
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Snowy Sheathbill (Chionis albus) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 13/03/2026.