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Chionis albus Gmelin, 1789 
AphiaID: 225754

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Aves (Class) > Charadriiformes (Order) > Chionidae (Family) > Chionis (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Chionis Forster, 1788
Sources  basis of record: Woehler E.J. (compiler) 2006. Species list prepared for SCAR/IUCN/BirdLife International Workshop on Antarctic Regional Seabird Populations, March 2005, Cambridge, UK. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS[details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Dutch zuidpoolkip  [details]
English pale-faced sheathbill  [details]
English snowy sheathbill  [details]
French chionis blanc  [details]
German Weißgesicht-Scheidenschnabel  [details]
Environment marine
Links To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To IUCN Red List
Notes  Breeding Category: Breeding [details]

IUCN Red List Category: Least Concern [details]
Images 
Akinori T – snowy sheathbill
Akinori T – snowy sheathbill
added on 2006-11-24 - author: Akinori Takahashi
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-11-16 08:57:53

Chionis alba
Chionis alba
added on 2007-05-27 - author: Martin Rauschert
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-11-16 08:58:02

Chionis alba
Chionis alba
added on 2007-05-27 - author: Martin Rauschert
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-11-16 08:58:16

Chionis alba
Chionis alba
added on 2007-05-27 - author: Martin Rauschert
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-11-16 08:58:07

Chionis alba
Chionis alba
added on 2009-02-18 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-11-16 08:58:12

Chionis alba
Chionis alba
added on 2009-02-18 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-11-16 08:58:23
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:225754
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2006-04-20 12:16:00Z  created  Charbonneau, Danny
2011-04-04 12:52:34Z  changed  Adriaens, Peter
  
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  Citation: Adriaens, P. (2013). Chionis albus Gmelin, 1789. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225754 on 2013-05-24
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