Pachyptila desolata   (Gmelin, 1789)

Antarctic prion
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Pachyptila desolata

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Aves | Procellariiformes | Procellariidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Others.  Subtropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Indo-Pacific, Southern Atlantic and Antarctic. Subtropical to polar.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 27.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 84934); max. published weight: 156.40 g (Ref. 356)

Short description Morphology

Culmen: 2.69 cm; tarsus: 3.41 cm; wing: 18.65 cm.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Known threats are krill harvesting, introduced mammalian predators and plastic ingestion (Ref. 84934).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Southern Ocean Mollusc Database (SOMBASE). 2011. (Ref. 87340)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 07 August 2018

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

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Estimates based on models

Resilience (Ref. 69278): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=16.62-17.47).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (17 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

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