Bird checklists - taxonomy - distribution - maps - links
Welcome Guest
Snowy Sheathbill
Chionis albus (Gmelin, JF 1789)
The snowy sheathbill, also known as the greater sheathbill, pale-faced sheathbill, and paddy, is one of two species of sheathbill. It is usually found on the ground. It is the only land bird native to the Antarctic continent. Source: Wikipedia
Photo powered by flickr.com.
Charadriiformes
Family:
Chionidae
Genus:
Chionis
Scientific:
Chionis albus
Classification
Order:Charadriiformes
Family:
Chionidae
Genus:
Chionis
Scientific:
Chionis albus
Original description
Citation:
(Gmelin, JF 1789)
Reference:
Systema Naturae ed. 13, vol. 1, part 2
1 pt2 p.705
Protonym:
Vaginalis alba
Type locality:
New Zealand, error, Falkland Islands substituted by Brabourne and Chubb, Bds. S. Am., 1912, p. 36.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10286#page/206/mode/1up
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
62AC9C19E209962D
Avibase ID:
avibase-62AC9C19
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/62AC9C19
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 824031
Geographic range:
- Chionis albus: southern Argentina, southern Chile, Antarctic Peninsula, and Falkland Islands
Source: Clements checklist
Snowy Sheathbill
Catalan:
Colom antàrtic becgroc
Czech:
štítonos světlezobý
Danish:
Gulnæbbet Skedenæb
German:
Weißgesicht-Scheidenschnabel
Spanish:
Picovaina de las Malvinas
Spanish (Spain):
Picovaina de Las Malvinas
Finnish:
keltatuppinokka
French:
Chionis blanc
Croatian:
bjelolica uzdašica
Hungarian:
falklandi tokoscsőrű
Icelandic:
Snæslíðri
Italian:
Chione niveo
Japanese (romaji):
sayahashichidori
Japanese:
サヤハシチドリ
Lithuanian:
Baltasis makščiasnapis
Dutch:
Zuidpoolkip
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Antarktisslirenebb
Norwegian:
Antarktisslirenebb
Polish:
pochwodziób żółtodzioby
Portuguese:
pomba-antártica
Portuguese (Brazil):
pomba-antártica
Portuguese (Portugal):
bico-de-bainha-antárctico
Russian:
Белая ржанка
Slovak:
belák snežný
Serbian:
Snežni kanijaš
Swedish:
gulnäbbad slidnäbb
Ukrainian:
Сніжниця жовтодзьоба
Chinese:
白鞘嘴鸥
Chinese (Traditional):
白鞘嘴鷗
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| African Bird Club Checklist 2004: Yellow-billed Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| African Bird Club Checklist August 2005: Yellow-billed Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| African Bird Club Checklist March 2007: Yellow-billed Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| African Bird Club Checklist January 2008: Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| African Bird Club Checklist May 2009: Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| African Bird Club Checklist March 2010: Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 00: Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 01: Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 02: Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 03: Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 04: Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Chionis blanc ( Chionis albus) |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Chionis blanc ( Chionis alba) |
| Clements 1st edition: Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis alba) |
| Clements, version 2021: Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| Clements, version 2022: Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| Clements, version 2023: Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| Clements, version 2024: Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| Clements 3rd edition: Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis alba) |
| Clements 4th edition: Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis alba) |
| Clements 5th edition (as published): Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis alba) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis alba) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis alba) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis alba) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis alba) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis alba) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis alba) |
| Clements 6th edition: Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| Clements, version 2015: Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| Clements, version 2016: Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| Clements, version 2017: Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| Clements, version 2018: Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| Clements, version 2019: Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| eBird version 1.50: Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| eBird version 1.52: Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| eBird version 1.53: Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| eBird version 1.54: Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| eBird version 1.55: Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| eBird version 2015: Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| eBird version 2016: Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| eBird version 2017: Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| eBird version 2018: Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| eBird version 2019: Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| eBird version 2021: Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| eBird version 2022: Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| eBird version 2023: Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| eBird version 2024: Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis alba) |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis alba) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Pale-faced Sheathbill ( Chionis alba) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| Morony, Bock and Farrand: Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis alba) |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Chionis alba |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Chionis alba |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Chionis alba |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993): Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis alba) |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis alba) |
| Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis alba) |
| South American Classification Committee (24/10/2003): Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| South American Classification Committee (14/09/2005): Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| South American Classification Committee (16/07/2006): Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| South American Classification Committee (26/09/2007): Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| South American Classification Committee (01/05/2008): Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| South American Classification Committee (30/09/2009): Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| South American Classification Committee (19/08/2010): Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| South American Classification Committee (8/08/2011): Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| South American Classification Committee (8/02/2012): Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| South American Classification Committee (4/09/2012): Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| South American Classification Committee (17/03/2013): Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| South American Classification Committee (9/02/2014): Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| South American Classification Committee (16/02/2015): Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| South American Classification Committee (28/07/2016): Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| South American Classification Committee (22/04/2017): Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| South American Classification Committee (4/06/2018): Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| South American Classification Committee (6/06/2019): Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| South American Classification Committee (20/02/2020): Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| South American Classification Committee (8/06/2020): Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| South American Classification Committee (24/08/2021): Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| South American Classification Committee (24/07/2022): Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| South American Classification Committee (28/09/2023): Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| South American Classification Committee (27/07/2024): Snowy Sheathbill ( Chionis albus) |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Chionis albus |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Chionis albus |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species
Your sightings
You must be logged in to view your sighting details. To register to myAvibase click here.
Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Afrikaans: Amerikaanse Peddie, Grootskedebek, Grootskedebek (-peddie)
Azerbaijani: ağ çovdarçı
Catalan: Colom antàrtic becgroc
Czech: Štítonos bílý, štítonos světlezobý
Danish: Gulnæbbet Skedenæb
German: Amerikanischer Scheidenschnabel, Weißgesicht-Scheidenschnabel
English: American Sheathbill, Greater Sheathbill, Pale-faced Sheathbill, Snowy Paddy, Snowy Sheathbill, Wattled Sheathbill, Yellow-billed Sheathbill
English, HBW: Snowy Sheathbill
English (IOC): Snowy Sheathbill
English (United States): Snowy Sheathbill
English (South Africa): Greater Sheathbill
Esperanto: Blanka ĥionido
Spanish: Paloma antártica, Paloma Antártica Blanca, Paloma-Antártica, Picovaina de las Malvinas, Picovaina de Malvinas
Spanish (Argentine): Paloma antártica, Paloma-Antártica
Spanish (Chile): Paloma antártica
Spanish (Spain): Picovaina de Las Malvinas
Spanish (HBW): Snowy Sheathbill
Spanish (Uruguay): Paloma Antártica
Estonian: lääne-tuppnokk
Finnish: Keltatuppinokka
French: Bec-en-fourreau blanc, Chionis blanc
Croatian: bjelolica uzdašica
Hungarian: falklandi tokoscsőrű
Icelandic: Snæslíðri
Italian: Chione bianco, Chione niveo
Japanese (romaji): sayahashichidori
Japanese: サヤハシチドリ
Kazakh: кәдімгі ақ татрең
Kirghiz: кадимки ак маарак
Scientific: Chionis alba, Chionis albus, Chionis necrophagus, Coleoramphus nivalis, Coleramphus nivalis, Vaginalis alba, Vaginalis australis, Vaginalis chionis
Lithuanian: Baltasis makščiasnapis
Dutch: Zuidpoolkip
Norwegian Nynorsk: Antarktisslirenebb
Norwegian: Antarktisslirenebb
Polish: pochwodziób zóltodzioby, pochwodziób żółtodzioby
Portuguese: bico-de-bainha-branco, Pomba-antartica, pomba-antártica
Portuguese (Brazil): bico-de-bainha-branco, pomba-antartica, Pomba-antártica
Portuguese (Portugal): bico-de-bainha-antárctico, Pomba-antárctica
Russian: Белая ржанка, Большая белая ржанка
Slovak: Belák snežný
Serbian: Snežni kanijaš
Swedish: gulnäbbad slidnäbb, Större slidnäbb
Turkish: Ak kıngaga
Tatar: зур ак шөлди
Ukrainian: Сніжниця жовтодзьоба
Uzbek: оқ ржанка, оқ чўлдоқ
Kalmyk: цаһан зармһа
Chinese: 白鞘嘴鸥
Chinese (Traditional): 白鞘嘴鷗
Avibase has been visited 421,021,494 times since 24 June 2003. © Denis Lepage | Privacy policy
