Birds of Peru

    PROCELLARIIFORMES: Procellariidae (Petrels, Shearwaters, Diving Petrels)  
Genus: Pachyptila (2 species, 7 worldwide)


Slender-billed Prion
Slender-billed Prion (Pachyptila belcheri)
Port Fairy, Victoria, Australia  
   
Photograph by Ed Dunens     Copyright and usage info

Prions are small birds similar to Storm Petrels, usually at around 20-25 cm., and are very hard to differentiate. The slender bill is hard to be certain about.

Antarctic Prion
Antarctic Prion (Pachyptila desolata)
Western Cape, South Africa  
   
Photograph by Graham Searll   © All Rights Reserved.

Like storm petrels, prions live far from shore and hop along the surface of the water picking off floating items.


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