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Chionis albus

Chionis albus

Weißgesicht-Scheidenschnabel(+4)·Gmelin, 1789

GBIF:155305542

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PROFILE

Species Profile

Habitat

Marine Terrestrial

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Common names used for this species across different languages and regions. Available in 4 languages.

deuWeißgesicht-Scheidenschnabeldeufrachionis blancfraengpale-faced sheathbillengengsnowy sheathbillengnldzuidpoolkipnld

Vernacular (common) names are the everyday names used for a species in different languages and regions. A single species may have dozens of common names worldwide. This taxon has names in 4 languages.

deuWeißgesicht-Scheidenschnabel
deu
Source: Avibase - the world bird database.
frachionis blanc
fra
Source: Avibase - the world bird database.
engpale-faced sheathbill
eng
Source: Woehler E.J. (compiler) 2006. Species list prepared for SCAR/IUCN/BirdLife International Workshop on Antarctic Regional Seabird Populations, March 2005, Cambridge, UK.
engsnowy sheathbill
eng
Source: Woehler E.J. (compiler) 2006. Species list prepared for SCAR/IUCN/BirdLife International Workshop on Antarctic Regional Seabird Populations, March 2005, Cambridge, UK.
nldzuidpoolkip
nld
Source: Avibase - the world bird database.

CLASSIFICATION

Taxonomic Classification Tree

IDENTIFIERS

External Identifiers(1)

To GenBank (51 nucleotides; 42 proteins)

NCBI:txid240203

UNKNOWN

Occurrences with images

CITATIONS

References(3)

  • 1

    Phillips, L.M., R.I. Leihy & S.L. Chown. (2022). Improving species‐based area protection in Antarctica. <em>Conservation Biology.</em> 36(4): e13885.Aug 2022.

    additional sourceDOI: 10.1111/cobi.13885
  • 2

    Woehler E.J. (compiler) 2006. Species list prepared for SCAR/IUCN/BirdLife International Workshop on Antarctic Regional Seabird Populations, March 2005, Cambridge, UK.

    basis of record
  • 3

    van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).

    additional source
  • Source Information

    World Register of Marine Species

    World Register of Marine Species

    checklist

    An authoritative classification and catalogue of marine names. To obtain a full copy, please go to https://www.marinespecies.org/usersrequest.php

    WoRMS Editorial Board (2026). World Register of Marine Species. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.14284/170 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-15.

    CC BYPublished 6/1/2026View dataset
    GBIF Usage Key
    155305542
    Dataset Key
    2d59e5db-57ad-41ff-97d6-11f5fb264527
    Origin
    source
    Backbone Key
    5789302
    Taxon ID
    urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:225754
    Last Crawled
    6/4/2026
    Last Interpreted
    6/4/2026