| Fairy prion | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Procellariiformes |
| Family: | Procellariidae |
| Genus: | Pachyptila |
| Species: | P. turtur
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| Binomial name | |
| Pachyptila turtur (Kuhl, 1820)
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The fairy prion (Pachyptila turtur) is a small seabird with the standard prion plumage of blue-grey upperparts with a prominent dark "M" marking and white underneath. The sexes are alike. It is a small prion which frequents the low subantarctic and subtropic seas.
- ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Pachyptila turtur". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22698124A132626982. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22698124A132626982.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.