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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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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: 666447
  Adult
Puerto Madryn
Chubut
Argentina
12/12/2025
Hernán Tolosa
Foto
Photography ID: 589276
♂ ♀  Adult
Necochea
Buenos Aires
Argentina
06/26/2024
Hernán Tolosa
Foto
Photography ID: 424428
  Adult
Puerto Necochea
Buenos Aires
Argentina
12/09/2020
Hernán Tolosa
Foto
Photography ID: 273692
  Adult
Necochea
Buenos Aires
Argentina
06/29/2018
Hernán Tolosa
Foto
Photography ID: 232808
  Adult
Mar del Plata
Buenos Aires
Argentina
12/10/2017
Hernán Tolosa
Foto
Photography ID: 123356
  Adult
Mar del Plata
Buenos Aires
Argentina
11/01/2015
Hernán Tolosa
Foto
Photography ID: 104782
  Adult
Necochea
Buenos Aires
Argentina
07/05/2015
Hernán Tolosa
Foto
Photography ID: 60932
  Adult
Mar del Plata
Buenos Aires
Argentina
07/28/2014
Hernán Tolosa
Foto
Photography ID: 7862
  Adult
Mar del Plata
Buenos Aires
Argentina
07/24/2011
Hernán Tolosa



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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
243838320/12/2025ArgentinaSanta CruzParque Nacional Monte León, Parque Nacional Monte LeónHernán Tolosa
241254018/12/2025ArgentinaSanta CruzIsla Pingüino, Puerto DeseadoHernán Tolosa
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
243816213/12/2025ArgentinaChubutPuerto MadrynHernán Tolosa
241229612/12/2025ArgentinaChubutReserva faunistica provincial Punta Loma, Puerto MadrynHernán Tolosa
205094726/06/2024ArgentinaBuenos AiresEscollera de Necochea, NecocheaHernán Tolosa
174274102/02/2022ArgentinaSanta CruzParque Interjurisdiccional Marino Isla PingüinoHernán Tolosa
155013931/01/2022ArgentinaSanta CruzPuerto DeseadoHernán Tolosa
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Snowy Sheathbill (Chionis albus) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 22/03/2026.