Antarctic petrel
thalassoica antarctica latin

The adult Antarctic Petrel has a brown head, sides, throat, and back.

Seabirds, including the Antarctic petrel, feed their young with plastic objects they mistake for food.

The Antarctic Petrel nests in colonies, and prefers islands in the Southern ocean.

The Antarctic Petrel, as its name implies, lives and breeds in the southern oceans, and on the Antarctic islands.

The Antarctic Petrel is the only known species in the genus Thalassoica, and is a member of the Procellariidae family, and the Procellariiformes order.

In spite of the extreme weather, the coast of Commonwealth Bay is an important breeding area for Antarctic petrels, emperor penguins, and Adelie penguins.

Even species that breed on continental Antarctica, such as the Antarctic Petrel, are forced by habitat preference (snow-free north-facing rock) to breed in just a few locations.

- Reproductive Effort in the Antarctic Petrel Thalassoica Antarctica: The Effect of Parental Body Size and Condition.

There appears to be a subgroup within the family consisting of the Giant Petrels, the members of Fulmarus, the Antarctic Petrel, and the Snow Petrel.

Exceptions are the Antarctic Skua, the Antarctic Petrel, the Snow Petrel, and the Wilson's Storm Petrel.

Only a few bird species breed in Antarctica, among them are penguin species - emperor, Adélie and gentoo - and snow petrels, Antarctic petrels and South Polar skuas.

The fulmarine petrels include the largest procellariids, the giant petrels, as well as the two fulmar species, the Snow Petrel, the Antarctic Petrel, and the Cape Petrel.

Macronectes, also referred to as the Giant Petrels, along with the genus Fulmarus, Cape Petrel, Antarctic Petrel, and the Snow Petrel form a sub-family within the larger family.

Together, Scullin and Murray monoliths hold the greatest concentration of seabird breeding colonies in East Antarctica, including at least 160,000 pairs of Antarctic Petrels and 70,000 pairs of Adélie Penguins.

They are among the most southerly distributed of all seabirds, as are the Emperor Penguin, the South Polar Skua, the Wilson's Storm Petrel, the Snow Petrel, and the Antarctic Petrel.

Animals known to routinely feed on glacial squid include the Antarctic petrel, light-mantled sooty albatross, Ross seal, southern elephant seal, Weddell seal, Patagonian toothfish, wandering albatross, grey-headed albatross, and the emperor penguin.

In this area we may see Wandering Albatrosses, Grey Headed Albatrosses, Black-browed Albatrosses, Light- mantled Sooty Albatrosses, Cape Pigeons, Southern Fulmars, Wilson's Storm Petrels, Blue Petrels and Antarctic Petrels.

All-white, Black-pupiled, and Black-billed Snow Petrels are likely to be coursing over the scenery, often joined by Pintado Petrels and early in the spring, by Antarctic Petrels streaming south to nesting territories on slopes fringing the Weddell Sea.

The island is a unique site for almost all bird species breeding in East Antarctica, including Antarctic Petrels, Antarctic Fulmars, Cape Petrels, Snow Petrels, Wilson's Storm Petrels, South Polar Skuas and Adelie Penguins.

- Reproductive Effort in the Antarctic Petrel Thalassoica Antarctica: The Effect of Parental Body Size and Condition.

The Antarctic Petrel (Thalassoica antarctica) is a boldly marked dark brown and white petrel, found in Antarctica, most commonly in the Ross and Weddell seas.