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South Georgia Island Bird Species

Taxanomic Listing

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DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS

Yellow-billed (S. Georgia) Pintail (Anas georgica)

PENGUINS

King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus)
Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua)

ALBATROSSES

Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans)
Light-mantled Albatross (Phoebetria palpebrata)
Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys)
Gray-headed Albatross (Thalassarche chrysostoma)

PETRELS AND SHEARWATERS

Southern Giant-Petrel (Macronectes giganteus)
Northern Giant-Petrel (Macronectes halli)
Southern Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialoides)
Cape Petrel (Daption capense)
Snow Petrel (Pagodroma nivea)
White-chinned Petrel (Procellaria aequinoctialis)
Fairy Prion (Pachyptila turtur)
Dove (Antarctic) Prion (Pachyptila desolata)

CORMORANTS

Imperial Cormorant (South Georgia Shag) (Phalacrocorax [atriceps] georgianus)

GULLS, TERNS AND SKIMMERS

Kelp Gull (Larus dominicanus)
Antarctic Tern (Sterna vittata)

SHEATHBILLS

Snowy Sheathbill (Chionis albus)

JAEGERS AND SKUAS

Brown Skua (Stercorarius antarcticus)