Birds of Peru - Pachyptila


Slender-billed Prion (Pachyptila belcheri) Port Fairy, Victoria, Australia
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Prions are small birds similar to Storm Petrels, usually at around 20-25 cm., and are very hard to differentiate. The slender bill is hard to be certain about.


Antarctic Prion (Pachyptila desolata) Western Cape, South Africa
Photograph by Graham Searll © All Rights Reserved.

Like storm petrels, prions live far from shore and hop along the surface of the water picking off floating items.

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