Birds of Antarctica

48 species recorded at 13 public birding hotspots.

Most recorded in November

Gentoo PenguinGentoo PenguinPygoscelis papuaKelp GullKelp GullLarus dominicanusAntarctic TernAntarctic TernSterna vittataSnowy SheathbillSnowy SheathbillChionis albusBrown SkuaBrown SkuaStercorarius antarcticusPintado PetrelPintado PetrelDaption capenseSouth Polar SkuaSouth Polar SkuaStercorarius maccormickiSouthern Giant PetrelSouthern Giant PetrelMacronectes giganteusWilson's Storm PetrelWilson's Storm PetrelOceanites oceanicusChinstrap PenguinChinstrap PenguinPygoscelis antarcticusSnow PetrelSnow PetrelPagodroma niveaAdelie PenguinAdelie PenguinPygoscelis adeliaeSouthern FulmarSouthern FulmarFulmarus glacialoidesBlack-browed AlbatrossBlack-browed AlbatrossThalassarche melanophris

Most recorded

White-chinned PetrelWhite-chinned PetrelProcellaria aequinoctialisAntarctic PrionAntarctic PrionPachyptila desolataNorthern Giant PetrelNorthern Giant PetrelMacronectes halliGrey-headed AlbatrossGrey-headed AlbatrossThalassarche chrysostomaBlack-bellied Storm PetrelBlack-bellied Storm PetrelFregetta tropicaLight-mantled AlbatrossLight-mantled AlbatrossPhoebetria palpebrataAntarctic PetrelAntarctic PetrelThalassoica antarcticaBlue PetrelBlue PetrelHalobaena caeruleaMacaroni PenguinMacaroni PenguinEudyptes chrysolophusSooty ShearwaterSooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaSlender-billed PrionSlender-billed PrionPachyptila belcheriSnowy AlbatrossSnowy AlbatrossDiomedea exulansSouthern Royal AlbatrossSouthern Royal AlbatrossDiomedea epomophoraEmperor PenguinEmperor PenguinAptenodytes forsteri

Hotspots with the most records

  1. Half Moon Island28 species
  2. Errera Channel – Cuverville Island18 species
  3. Brown Bluff23 species
  4. Drake Passage40 species
  5. Andvord Bay – Neko Harbor17 species
  6. Deception Island – Whaler's Bay23 species
  7. Petermann Island15 species
  8. Paulet Island21 species
  9. Mikkelsen Harbor – D'Hainaut Island18 species
  10. Errera Channel – Danco Island17 species
  11. Elephant Island – Point Wild28 species
  12. Almirante Brown Station20 species
All 13 hotspots
  1. Cierva Cove21 species

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All species recorded · 48