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Snow Petrel (nivea)
Pagodroma nivea nivea (Forster, JGA 1777)
The snow petrel is the only member of the genus Pagodroma. It is one of only three birds that has been seen at the Geographic South Pole, along with the Antarctic petrel and the south polar skua, which have the most southerly breeding sites of any bird, inland in Antarctica. Source: Wikipedia
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Procellariiformes
Family:
Procellariidae
Genus:
Pagodroma
Scientific:
Pagodroma nivea nivea
Classification
Order:Procellariiformes
Family:
Procellariidae
Genus:
Pagodroma
Scientific:
Pagodroma nivea nivea
Original description
Citation:
(Forster, JGA 1777)
Reference:
Voy. World
1 p.96,98
Protonym:
Procellaria nivea
Type locality:
lat. 52° S., long. 20° E.
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
593BBCFC1CDC0636
Avibase ID:
avibase-593BBCFC
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/593BBCFC
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 723294
Geographic range:
- Pagodroma nivea nivea: breeds on the Antarctic Peninsula and Antarctic islands (except in the Ross Sea region), north to South Georgia and Bouvetøya Islands, but intergrades at many sites with subspecies major; ranges widely in Antarctic waters
Source: Clements checklist
Snow Petrel (nivea)
French:
Pétrel des neiges (nivea)
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Snow Petrel (nivea) ( Pagodroma nivea nivea) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Lesser Snow-Petrel ( Pagodroma nivea) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Lesser Snow-Petrel ( Pagodroma nivea) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Snow Petrel (nivea) ( Pagodroma nivea nivea) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Lesser Snow-Petrel ( Pagodroma nivea) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Lesser Snow-Petrel ( Pagodroma nivea) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Lesser Snow-Petrel ( Pagodroma nivea) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Lesser Snow-Petrel ( Pagodroma nivea) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Lesser Snow-Petrel ( Pagodroma nivea) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Lesser Snow-Petrel ( Pagodroma nivea) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Lesser Snow-Petrel ( Pagodroma nivea) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Lesser Snow-Petrel ( Pagodroma nivea) [version 1] |
| Avilist 2025: Pagodroma nivea nivea [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Pagodroma nivea nivea [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Pagodroma nivea nivea [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Pagodroma nivea nivea [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Pagodroma nivea nivea [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Pagodroma nivea nivea [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Pagodroma nivea nivea [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025): Pagodroma nivea nivea [version 1] |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Pétrel des neiges ( Pagodroma nivea) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2021: Pagodroma nivea nivea [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2022: Pagodroma nivea nivea [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2023: Pagodroma nivea nivea [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2024: Pagodroma nivea nivea [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2025: Pagodroma nivea nivea [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (as published): Pagodroma nivea nivea [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Pagodroma nivea nivea [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Pagodroma nivea nivea [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Pagodroma nivea nivea [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Pagodroma nivea nivea [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Pagodroma nivea nivea [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Pagodroma nivea nivea [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition: Pagodroma nivea nivea [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Pagodroma nivea nivea [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Pagodroma nivea nivea [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Pagodroma nivea nivea [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Pagodroma nivea nivea [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Pagodroma nivea nivea [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Pagodroma nivea nivea [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Pagodroma nivea nivea [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Pagodroma nivea nivea [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2015: Pagodroma nivea nivea [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2016: Pagodroma nivea nivea [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2017: Pagodroma nivea nivea [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2018: Pagodroma nivea nivea [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2019: Pagodroma nivea nivea [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.50: Snow Petrel (Lesser) ( Pagodroma nivea nivea) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.52: Snow Petrel (Lesser) ( Pagodroma nivea nivea) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.53: Snow Petrel (Lesser) ( Pagodroma nivea nivea) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.54: Snow Petrel (Lesser) ( Pagodroma nivea nivea) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.55: Snow Petrel (Lesser) ( Pagodroma nivea nivea) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2015: Snow Petrel (Lesser) ( Pagodroma nivea nivea) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2016: Snow Petrel (Lesser) ( Pagodroma nivea nivea) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2017: Snow Petrel (Lesser) ( Pagodroma nivea nivea) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Pagodroma nivea nivea [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Pagodroma nivea nivea [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Pagodroma nivea nivea [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Pagodroma nivea nivea [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Pagodroma nivea nivea [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Pagodroma nivea nivea [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Pagodroma nivea nivea [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Pagodroma nivea nivea [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Pagodroma nivea nivea [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Pagodroma nivea nivea [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Pagodroma nivea nivea [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Pagodroma nivea nivea [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Pagodroma nivea nivea [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Pagodroma nivea nivea [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Pagodroma nivea nivea [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Pagodroma nivea nivea [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Pagodroma nivea nivea [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Pagodroma nivea nivea [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Pagodroma nivea nivea [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Pagodroma nivea nivea [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Pagodroma nivea nivea [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Pagodroma nivea nivea [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Pagodroma nivea nivea [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Pagodroma nivea nivea [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Pagodroma nivea nivea [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Pagodroma nivea nivea [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Pagodroma nivea nivea [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Pagodroma nivea nivea [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Pagodroma nivea nivea [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Pagodroma nivea nivea [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Pagodroma nivea nivea [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Pagodroma nivea nivea [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Pagodroma nivea nivea [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Pagodroma nivea nivea [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Pagodroma nivea nivea [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Pagodroma nivea nivea [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Pagodroma nivea nivea [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Pagodroma nivea nivea [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Pagodroma nivea nivea [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Pagodroma nivea nivea [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Pagodroma nivea nivea [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Pagodroma nivea nivea [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Pagodroma nivea nivea [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Pagodroma nivea nivea [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Pagodroma nivea nivea [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Pagodroma nivea nivea [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Pagodroma nivea nivea [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Pagodroma nivea nivea [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Pagodroma nivea nivea [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Pagodroma nivea nivea [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Pagodroma nivea nivea [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1: Pagodroma nivea nivea [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 15.2: Pagodroma nivea nivea [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Pagodroma nivea nivea [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Pagodroma nivea nivea [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Pagodroma nivea nivea [version 1] |
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Azerbaijani: kiçik qar fırtınaquşu
Bengali: তুলায হমট্রর
Bengali (transliteration): tuṣāra pēṭrēla*
Catalan: Petrell de les neus
Czech: buřňák sněžní
Danish: Snepetrel
German: Schneesturmvogel
English: Lesser Snow Petrel, Lesser Snow-petrel, Snow Petrel, Snow Petrel (Lesser), Snow Petrel (nivea)
Esperanto: Neĝa petrelo, Pagodromo
Spanish: Petrel blanco, Petrel de las nieves, Petrel Níveo
Spanish (Argentine): Petrel blanco
Spanish (Chile): Petrel de las nieves
Spanish (Spain): Petrel Níveo, Petrel Níveo (nivea)
Estonian: lumi-tormilind
Finnish: Lumimyrskyliitäjä
French: Fulmar des neiges, Pétrel des neiges, Pétrel des neiges (nivea), Pétrel des neiges (nominal)
Hungarian: hóhojsza
Italian: Petrello delle nevi
Japanese (romaji): yukidori, yukidori (nivea)
Japanese: ユキドリ, ユキドリ (nivea)
Kazakh: қар дауылпазы
Kirghiz: аппак бороончу
Scientific: Pagodroma nivea, Pagodroma nivea nivea, Procellaria nivea, Procellaria nivea minor
Lithuanian: Snieginis audrašauklis
Dutch: Sneeuwstormvogel, Sneeuwstormvogel (nivea)
Norwegian: Snøpetrell, snøpetrell (nivea)
Polish: petrel sniezny, petrel śnieżny
Portuguese: Grazina-nival
Russian: Снежный буревестник
Slovak: fulmarčík snežný
Serbian: Snežna burnica
Swedish: Ispetrell, ispetrell (nivea)
Turkish: Ak Fırtınakuşu, Ak Fırtınakuşu (nivea)
Tatar: кар давыл кошы
Ukrainian: Буревісник білий
Chinese: 雪鹱
Chinese (Traditional): 雪鸌
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