snow petrel (Pagodroma nivea) Description
Français : Pétrel des neiges (Pagodroma nivea) photographié dans son nid avec un poussin, site de la base Française Dumont d'Urville, Terre Adélie, Antarctique
Date 29 January 2005
Author Matthieu Weber https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Matthieu.weber
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:P%C3%A9trel_des_neiges_avec_poussin.jpg
The snow petrel (Pagodroma nivea) is the only member of the genus Pagodroma. It is one of only three birds that breed exclusively in Antarctica and has been seen at the South Pole. It has the most southerly breeding distribution of any bird.
Order: Procellariiformes
Family: Procellariidae
Genus: Pagodroma
Species: Pagodroma nivea (G. Forster, 1777)
