Broad-billed Prion

The Broad-billed Prion, Pachyptila vittata, is a small seabird, but the largest Prion, with grey upperparts plumage, and white underparts. It has many other names that have been used such as Blue-billed Dove-petrel, Broad-billed Dove-petrel, Long-billed Prion, Common Prion, Icebird, and Whalebird.

The Broad-billed Prion is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

The Broad-billed Prion, Pachyptila vittata, is a small seabird, but the largest Prion, with grey upperparts plumage, and white underparts. It has many other names that have been used such as Blue-billed Dove-petrel, Broad-billed Dove-petrel, Long-billed Prion, Common Prion, Icebird, and Whalebird. More

The Broad-billed Prion is a member of the Pachyptila genus, and along with the Pachyptila makes up the Prions. They in turn are members of the Procellariidae family, and the Procellariiformes order. The prions are small and typically eat just zooplankton; however as a member of the Procellariiformes, they share certain identifying features. First, they have nasal passages that attach to the upper bill called naricorns. More

The broad-billed prion is more northerly in distribution, breeding on islands located between 35° and 60° S. A related bird, the short-tailed shearwater (Puffinus tenuirostris), is known in Alaska as the whalebird (see shearwater). Learn more about "prion" Citations - MLA Style: "prion." Encyclopædia Britannica. 2010. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 17 May. 2010 . APA Style:prion. (2010). In Encyclopædia Britannica. More

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Parara, the broad-billed prion Kakapo broad-billed prion Prions are small birds with blue-grey colouring. The broad-billed prion is characterised by its large broad bill and is found throughout oceans and coastal areas in the Southern Hemisphere. Its colonies can be found on many islands around the coast of New Zealand, in Fiordland, Solander Islands, Foveaux Strait, the Chatham Islands and sub-Antarctic Antipodes Islands. More

A beached Broad-billed Prion photographed by Aleix Comas on 17 December 2001 at Mason's Bay, Stewart I, New Zealand. Photograph copyright of Aleix Comas More

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The Broad-billed Prion (Pachyptila vittata), is a small seabird found throughout oceans and coastal areas in the Southern Hemisphere. Its colonies can be found on Gough Island, Marion Island, and on the sub-Antarctic Antipodes Islands off the coast of New Zealand. Though the broad-billed prion is a small seabird, it is a large prion, with a length of 24 inches and a weight of 7 ounces, and a massive bill. More

Broad-billed prions breed on islands off southern New Zealand and on the Chatham Islands, where the birds are abundant. Gadfly petrels Gadfly petrels (Pterodroma spp.) are small- to medium-sized, lightly built birds with soft plumage. A quarter of all Procellariiformes belong to this genus, and 13 species breed on islands in the New Zealand region. This is the only group of petrels that has more species in tropical and subtropical seas than in cooler waters. More

The Broad-billed Prion, Pachyptila vittata, is a small seabird with grey upperparts plumage, a dark cap,a black "W" on the wings, a black tail tip, and white underparts. This is a large prion, 25 More