- Pagodroma nivea
Identification
Length 30-35cm. Wingspan 76-79cm. All-white, iris and bill black, legs grey.
Distribution
Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, South Georgia, South Shetland, South Orkney and South Sandwich Islands.
Taxonomy
Two subspecies recognised: nominate over most of range and larger and stouter-billed confusa on the Balleny Islands and at the G�ologie Archipelago on the Adelie Coast which may represent a full species.
Habitat
Island and inland cliffs, otherwise at sea.
Behaviour
1 white egg laid in rocky crevice in November-December. Incubation and tending of young is done by both sexes.
Its diet is mainly crustaceans, some fish and carrion.
