Broad-billed Prion

分类位置

同属物种

Antarctic Prion

Antarctic Prion

Fairy Prion

Fairy Prion

Fulmar Prion

Fulmar Prion

Salvin's Prion

Salvin's Prion

Slender-billed Prion

Slender-billed Prion

形态与习性

The broad-billed prion (Pachyptila vittata) is a small pelagic seabird in the shearwater and petrel family, Procellariidae. It is the largest prion, with grey upperparts plumage, and white underparts. The sexes are alike. It ranges from the southeast Atlantic to New Zealand mainly near the Antarctic Convergence. In the south Atlantic it breeds on Tristan da Cunha and Gough Island; in the south Pacific it breeds on islands off the south coast of South Island, New Zealand and on the Chatham Island