Antarctic prion - Pachyptila desolata

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Scientific Name	Pachyptila desolata
Author	(J. F. Gmelin, 1789)
Taxonomic Rank	Species
Taxonomic #	174600
Common Names	French: Prion de la Désolation Portuguese: faigão-antárctico Spanish: Prión antártico English: Antarctic Prion
Current Standing	valid
Taxonomic Parents	Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Class: Aves Order: Procellariiformes Family: Procellariidae Genus: Pachyptila
Taxonomic Children
Synonyms (since 1950)	Procellaria desolata Pachyptila banksi Pachyptila desolata banksi Heteroprion desolatus alter Pachyptila desolata alter Pachyptila desolata desolata

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ITIS TSN	174600
Status - ESA, U.S. FWS
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Status - Red List, IUCN
LC (Global)
#records (spatial)	3,585
#records (non-spatial)	0
#datasets	14
Year	1908 - 2018
Latitude	-74.55 - -29.26
Longitude	-177.95 - 174.21
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