Snow Petrel
Pagodroma nivea
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Birds
The snow petrel 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, and it has the most southerly breeding sites of any bird, inland in Antarctica.
Classification
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- Family
- Procellariidae
- Genus
- Pagodroma