Birds of Ecuador

    PROCELLARIIFORMES: Procellariidae (Petrels, Shearwaters, Diving Petrels)  
Genus: Pachyptila (1 species, 7 worldwide)


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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