Snow petrel
| Snow petrel | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Procellariiformes |
| Family: | Procellariidae |
| Genus: | Pagodroma Bonaparte, 1856 |
| Species: | P. nivea |
| Binomial name | |
| Pagodroma nivea (Forster, G, 1777) | |
| Subspecies | |
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P. nivea nivea (G. Forster, 1777) | |
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The snow petrel (Pagodroma nivea) is the only member of the genus Pagodroma. It is one of only three birds that have been seen at the Geographic South Pole, along with the Antarctic petrel and the south polar skua, which has the most southerly breeding sites of any bird, inland in Antarctica.