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Antarctica - 2009

   
Birds of Antarctica, Arctic and Atlantic.

Part One

These pages gives you a list of the birds seen by me in the above areas of the world.  Beside each bird name is a code for the area in which seen and where a photograph was taken it is shown alongside.  In order to access these photos you firstly need to find the family below and then go to that page by  clicking on that page in BLUE or PURPLE.

To access photos of part ONE click HERE

To access photos of part TWO click HERE

Codes

An               Antarctica

Arc            Arctic

NAt            North Atlantic Ocean

SAt             South Atlantic Ocean

Az               Azores

Click blue or purple titles for access then Scroll down to see photos.

 

 
   

 

The order of the bird names is in general the same as many bird books.

Use the family names to access the correct page.  Only families with photos are included.

Part One

 

DIVERS (COLYMBIDAE)

ALBATROSSES (DIOMEDEIDAE)

PETRELS (PROCELLARIIDAE)

STORM-PETRELS (HYDROBATIDAE)

PENGUINS (SPHENISCIDAE)

TROPICBIRDS (PHAETONTIDAE)

BOOBIES (SULIDAE)

PELICANS (PELECANIDAE)

CORMORANTS (PHALACROCORACIDAE)

ANHINGA (ANHINGIDAE)

FRIGATEBIRDS (FREGATIDAE)

SHEATHBILL (CHIONIDIDAE)

SKUAS (LARIDAE)

Part One

DIVERS (COLYMBIDAE)

Great Northern Diver   Arc    

Red-throated Diver    Arc       

ALBATROSSES (DIOMEDEIDAE)

Wandering Albatross      SAt             

Black-browed Albatross  SAt       

Yellow-nosed Albatross   SAt      

Grey-headed Albatross     An  

Sooty Albatross   An              

Light-mantled Sooty Albatross     

Shy Albatross      SAt        

PETRELS (PROCELLARIIDAE)

Southern Giant Petrel     An          

Northern Giant Petrel    An 

Cape Petrel      An         

Atlantic Petrel  An               

Soft-plumaged Petrel    An      

Broad-billed Prion    An      

Antarctic Prion

Fairy Prion           An        

White-chinned Petrel    An     

Greater Shearwater    An      

Cory's Shearwater     Az      

STORM-PETRELS (HYDROBATIDAE)

Wilson's Storm-petrel

PENGUINS (SPHENISCIDAE)

King Penguin   SAt An  

Gentoo Penguin   An  

Chinstrap Penguin    An    

BOOBIES (SULIDAE)

Gannet    Arc       

CORMORANTS (PHALACROCORACIDAE)

 

Blue-eyed Shag        An 

South Georgian Shag        An   

SHEATHBILL (CHIONIDIDAE)

Snowy Sheathbill     An            

SKUAS (LARIDAE)

Arctic Skua    Arc    

Brown Skua  SAt