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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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Foto
Photography ID: 263699
  Adult
Mar del Plata
Buenos Aires
Argentina
05/06/2018
Victor Hugo Michelini
Foto
Photography ID: 218851
  Adult
Mar del Plata
Buenos Aires
Argentina
09/12/2017
Victor Hugo Michelini



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
244333601/03/2026ArgentinaBuenos AiresEscollera Sur, Mar del Plata4Victor Hugo Michelini
225650601/03/2025ArgentinaBuenos AiresPuerto, Mar del Plata1Victor Hugo Michelini
203884228/05/2024ArgentinaBuenos AiresPuerto de mar del Plata, Mar del Plata9Victor Hugo Michelini
195492810/01/2024ArgentinaTierra del FuegoCanal de Beagle, Ushuaia1Victor Hugo Michelini
181743523/08/2023ArgentinaSanta CruzCentro de Interpretacion Ambiental Estuario del Rio Gallegos3Victor Hugo Michelini
181737722/08/2023ArgentinaSanta CruzPunta Loyola25Victor Hugo Michelini
181734821/08/2023ArgentinaSanta CruzRío Gallegos2Victor Hugo Michelini
181070905/08/2023ArgentinaBuenos AiresPuerto, Mar del Plata18Victor Hugo Michelini
171155608/01/2023ArgentinaChubutPunta Norte, Área Natural Protegida Península Valdés3Victor Hugo Michelini
171125108/01/2023ArgentinaChubutPunta Pirámides, Área Natural Protegida Península Valdés1Victor Hugo Michelini
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Citation recommended:

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