Antarctic prion
The Antarctic prion (Pachyptila desolata) also known as the dove prion, or totorore in Māori, is the largest of the prions, a genus of small petrels of the Southern Ocean.
| Antarctic prion | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Procellariiformes |
| Family: | Procellariidae |
| Genus: | Pachyptila |
| Species: | P. desolata |
| Binomial name | |
| Pachyptila desolata (Gmelin, JF, 1789) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Procellaria desolata (protonym) | |
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