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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 Tierra del Fuego

Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

Synonyms: Chionis alba, Vaginalis alba.


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Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 668472
  Adult
Canal Beagle
Tierra del Fuego
Argentina
01/09/2026
Luis O. Lopez
Foto
Photography ID: 665495
  Adult
Río Grande
Tierra del Fuego
Argentina
11/09/2025
Diego Oscar
Foto
Photography ID: 628367
  Adult
Islotes Les Éclaireurs
Tierra del Fuego
Argentina
01/31/2025
Elsa Longo
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



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
243979712/01/2026ArgentinaTierra del FuegoCanal de beagle, Canal BeagleGustavo Daniel González
241841709/01/2026ArgentinaTierra del FuegoFaro Les Éclaireurs, Canal BeagleLuis O. Lopez
239227211/11/2025ArgentinaTierra del FuegoNavegacion Usuahia - Isla Martillo3Diego Oscar
239220609/11/2025ArgentinaTierra del FuegoRNU Costa Norte, Río Grande2Diego Oscar
238342306/11/2025ArgentinaTierra del FuegoCanal BeagleMaría Belén Tartaglia Gamarra
231123021/06/202520:01ArgentinaTierra del FuegoCanal beagle, Ushuaia15Julián Luque
227183307/04/2025ArgentinaTierra del FuegoCanal beagle, Ushuaia5Faustino Hollmann
226689531/01/2025ArgentinaTierra del FuegoIslotes Les ÉclaireursElsa Longo
226977230/01/2025ArgentinaTierra del FuegoIslotes Les ÉclaireursGuillermo Marcaida
219333616/11/2024ArgentinaTierra del FuegoEsteban Martínez Martos 785, Río Grande5María Alejandra Sosa
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Snowy Sheathbill (Chionis albus) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 19/03/2026.