Antarctic petrel

Antarctic petrel
An Antartic petrel flying to the left. Its head, body, and the top half of its wings are dark brown. Its tail and the bottom half of its wings are white.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Procellariiformes
Family: Procellariidae
Genus: Thalassoica
Reichenbach, 1853
Species:
T. antarctica
Binomial name
Thalassoica antarctica
(Gmelin, JF, 1789)
  range

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. They eat Antarctic krill, fish, and small squid. They feed while swimming but can dive from both the surface and the air.

  1. ^ BirdLife International. (2018). "Thalassoica antarctica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22697875A132610289. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22697875A132610289.en.