Seabird Quiz Flashcards

Larus dominicanus
Southern black-backed gull
Subantarctic islands

Sterna vittata
Antarctic tern
Subantartic islands, Scotia Sea, Antarcic Peninsula

Catharacta antarctica lonnbergi
Brown skua
Subantarctic islands

Catharacta macckormicki
South polar skua
Circumcontinental Antarctica, Southern Ocean

Chionis alba
American sheathbill, snowy sheathbill
Antarctic Peninsula, Scotia Islands, South America

Phalacrocorax bransfieldensis
Blue-eyed shag
Antarctic Peninsula, Scotia Islands, South America

Oceanites oceanicus
Wilson’s storm petrel
Subantarctic islands, East Antarctica, Antarctic Peninsula, (Northeast) Southern Ocean

Pagodroma nivea
Snow petrel
Mostly contiental coast and some northern subantarctic islands

Pachyptila desolata
Antarctic prion
Subantarctic islands, South America, Antarctic coast (except SE)

Daption capense
Cape petrel, cape pigeon
Subantarctic, Antarctic coast, Southern Ocean

Macronectes giganteus
Southern giant petrel or fulmar
Antarctic coasts, Subantarctic Islands, Southern Ocean

Diomedea exulans
Wandering albatross
Southern ocean, subantarctic islands, does not inhabit continental coasts

Diomedea melanophris
Black-browed albatross
Southern ocean, subantarctic islands, does not inhabit continental coasts

Aptenodytes forsteri
Emperor penguin

Pygoscelis adeliae
Adélie penguin

Pygoscelis antarcticus
Chinstrap penguin

Pygoscelis papua
Gentoo penguin

Eudyptes chrysocome
Rockhopper penguin
Eudyptes chrysolophus
Macaroni penguin
Spheniscus magellanicus
Magellanic penguin