Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Sheathbills :: Snowy Sheathbill

Snowy Sheathbill Chionis alba

Described by: Gmelin (1789)
Alternate common name(s): American Sheathbill, Pale-faced Sheathbill
Old scientific name(s): Chionis albus

Photographs

Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica - Feb, 1997 © Kanae Hirabayashi  New Island, Falkland Islands - Feb, 2001 © Stuart MacKay  Salisbury Plain, South Georgia, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands - Nov 17, 2004 © Michael G. Shepard 
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Range

Sw. Atlantic Ocean on Subantarctic Islands;
Antarctic Peninsula and islands of the Scotia Arc, South Shetland Is., Elephant Is., South Orkney Is. and South Gerogia s. to 65°S. Possibly South Sandwich Is.
Winters s. South America (Brazil, Bahia (Abrolhos Is.), Uruguay, Argentina and Chile) and Falkland Is.

Videos

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Sounds

No sounds are available for this species

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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