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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 Río Grande

Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

Synonyms: Chionis alba, Vaginalis alba.


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Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 665495
  Adult
Río Grande
Tierra del Fuego
Argentina
11/09/2025
Diego Oscar
Foto
Photography ID: 533370
  Adult
Río Grande
Tierra del Fuego
Argentina
04/26/2023
Susana Gomez
Foto
Photography ID: 509481
  Adult
Río Grande
Tierra del Fuego
Argentina
11/06/2018
Nino A. Grangetto



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
239220609/11/2025ArgentinaTierra del FuegoRNU Costa Norte, Río Grande2Diego Oscar
219333616/11/2024ArgentinaTierra del FuegoEsteban Martínez Martos 785, Río Grande5María Alejandra Sosa
219099516/11/2024ArgentinaTierra del FuegoEsteban Martínez Martos 785, Río Grande5Jorge La Grotteria
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
218100229/10/2024ArgentinaTierra del FuegoCentro de interpretacion ambiental, Río Grande19Kenneth Roberts
213433816/08/2024ArgentinaTierra del FuegoMisión Salesiana Ntra. Sra. de La Candelaria, Río Grande26Ralph Roberts
213179812/08/2024ArgentinaTierra del FuegoMisión Salesiana, Río Grande55Kenneth Roberts
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Citation recommended:

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