Species
Bird Species in Antarctica
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| Species | Annual frequency | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Giant-Petrel Macronectes giganteus | 39.9% | 41.3% | 34.2% | 45.9% | 53.6% | 50.5% | 25.0% | 58.3% | 25.1% | 25.0% | 39.3% | 42.9% | 37.5% |
| Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus | 36.4% | 35.1% | 33.0% | 32.9% | 26.9% | 58.2% | 25.0% | 58.3% | 25.1% | 25.0% | 40.2% | 39.0% | 37.6% |
| Antarctic Tern Sterna vittata | 34.9% | 39.4% | 35.8% | 32.7% | 8.2% | 51.2% | 25.1% | 58.3% | 25.1% | 25.0% | 38.1% | 39.6% | 40.8% |
| Imperial Cormorant Leucocarbo atriceps | 33.5% | 32.1% | 33.2% | 31.7% | 25.3% | 55.9% | 25.0% | 50.0% | 25.1% | 25.0% | 32.4% | 32.2% | 34.1% |
| Pintado Petrel Daption capense | 29.7% | 31.0% | 21.6% | 20.5% | 44.7% | 34.9% | 0.1% | 25.0% | 25.0% | 25.0% | 30.0% | 53.3% | 44.6% |
| Snow Petrel Pagodroma nivea | 28.6% | 13.8% | 13.8% | 9.6% | 18.8% | 45.1% | 25.1% | 50.0% | 25.1% | 25.0% | 68.8% | 32.1% | 15.9% |
| Southern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialoides | 27.6% | 25.3% | 20.4% | 28.2% | 50.4% | 27.4% | 0.0% | 8.3% | 25.0% | 25.0% | 46.3% | 39.6% | 34.7% |
| Gentoo Penguin Pygoscelis papua | 25.5% | 39.6% | 35.1% | 36.4% | 22.1% | 29.6% | 12.5% | 20.9% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 21.6% | 41.7% | 46.4% |
| Wilson's Storm-Petrel Oceanites oceanicus | 22.5% | 55.0% | 55.7% | 52.7% | 12.7% | 2.3% | 0.0% | 8.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 2.7% | 28.4% | 51.8% |
| Snowy Sheathbill Chionis albus | 21.3% | 18.8% | 15.6% | 15.7% | 15.9% | 42.1% | 25.1% | 50.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 25.4% | 25.2% | 22.1% |
| Brown Skua Stercorarius antarcticus | 14.3% | 25.4% | 24.4% | 23.3% | 9.4% | 16.7% | 0.0% | 8.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 7.3% | 25.9% | 30.5% |
| South Polar Skua Stercorarius maccormicki | 14.2% | 33.4% | 34.5% | 26.7% | 23.1% | 2.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 5.1% | 18.7% | 27.2% |
| Adelie Penguin Pygoscelis adeliae | 14.2% | 23.1% | 16.1% | 9.5% | 14.2% | 13.8% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 48.4% | 20.6% | 25.1% |
| Chinstrap Penguin Pygoscelis antarcticus | 13.5% | 33.1% | 26.1% | 20.2% | 9.7% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 8.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 8.0% | 23.9% | 32.9% |
| Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris | 11.1% | 18.3% | 19.3% | 18.7% | 17.4% | 9.8% | 0.0% | 8.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 4.2% | 18.1% | 18.9% |
| Antarctic Petrel Thalassoica antarctica | 9.5% | 4.1% | 3.6% | 3.9% | 18.2% | 21.4% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 25.0% | 0.0% | 15.4% | 13.7% | 9.0% |
| Antarctic Prion Pachyptila desolata | 7.1% | 11.0% | 11.4% | 13.0% | 5.3% | 8.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 3.8% | 18.3% | 13.9% |
| Gray-headed Albatross Thalassarche chrysostoma | 6.7% | 6.2% | 9.8% | 18.8% | 24.4% | 10.7% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 4.6% | 5.9% |
| Blue Petrel Halobaena caerulea | 6.4% | 9.8% | 3.5% | 7.1% | 9.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 19.7% | 19.3% | 7.8% |
| Black-bellied Storm-Petrel Fregetta tropica | 6.1% | 13.5% | 13.7% | 19.0% | 7.5% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.4% | 6.1% | 12.4% |
| White-chinned Petrel Procellaria aequinoctialis | 5.9% | 16.2% | 12.6% | 9.8% | 10.2% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1.5% | 7.8% | 13.1% |
| Northern Giant-Petrel Macronectes halli | 5.6% | 5.7% | 4.5% | 5.5% | 4.3% | 8.3% | 0.0% | 25.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 4.0% | 5.7% | 3.8% |
| Light-mantled Albatross Phoebetria palpebrata | 5.5% | 7.2% | 6.6% | 10.5% | 8.9% | 8.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.6% | 12.6% | 11.1% |
| Emperor Penguin Aptenodytes forsteri | 4.3% | 3.8% | 3.2% | 0.7% | 6.8% | 9.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 19.3% | 5.1% | 3.5% |
| Kerguelen Petrel Aphrodroma brevirostris | 2.3% | 0.5% | 0.9% | 8.9% | 3.6% | 0.0% | 12.5% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.7% | 0.1% |
| Soft-plumaged Petrel Pterodroma mollis | 1.8% | 2.2% | 6.1% | 12.1% | 0.6% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.5% |
| Slender-billed Prion Pachyptila belcheri | 1.6% | 1.5% | 1.4% | 2.2% | 1.0% | 8.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 3.2% | 2.1% |
| Snowy Albatross Diomedea exulans | 1.1% | 1.8% | 1.3% | 3.0% | 4.2% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1.5% | 1.3% |
| Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea | 0.9% | 1.0% | 3.3% | 4.4% | 0.6% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.4% | 0.6% |
| Macaroni Penguin Eudyptes chrysolophus | 0.6% | 2.0% | 1.0% | 0.9% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1.4% |
| Common Diving-Petrel Pelecanoides urinatrix | 0.4% | 0.4% | 1.0% | 2.6% | 0.6% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.4% | 0.2% |
| Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.5% | 4.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Southern Royal Albatross Diomedea epomophora | 0.3% | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.7% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 1.1% | 0.9% |
| Mottled Petrel Pterodroma inexpectata | 0.3% | 0.5% | 2.2% | 0.7% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.3% |
| King Penguin Aptenodytes patagonicus | 0.2% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1.0% | 0.1% | 0.2% |
| Western Cattle-Egret Ardea ibis | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea | 0.1% | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.3% | 0.3% |
| White-headed Petrel Pterodroma lessonii | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Western Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes chrysocome | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% |
| Northern Royal Albatross Diomedea sanfordi | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.1% |
| White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.1% |
| South Georgia Diving-Petrel Pelecanoides georgicus | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Salvin's Prion Pachyptila salvini | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.4% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.3% | 0.0% |
| Brown-hooded Gull Chroicocephalus maculipennis | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Antipodean Albatross Diomedea antipodensis | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Royal Penguin Eudyptes schlegeli | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Chilean Skua Stercorarius chilensis | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% |
| Chilean Swallow Tachycineta leucopyga | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Sooty Albatross Phoebetria fusca | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Austral Negrito Lessonia rufa | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Gray-backed Storm-Petrel Garrodia nereis | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Atlantic Petrel Pterodroma incerta | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Yellow-billed Pintail Anas georgica | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Eastern Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes filholi | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Magellanic Penguin Spheniscus magellanicus | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| American Barn Owl Tyto furcata | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Black-necked Swan Cygnus melancoryphus | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Sabine's Gull Xema sabini | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Fairy Prion Pachyptila turtur | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Gray Petrel Procellaria cinerea | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Westland Petrel Procellaria westlandica | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Salvin's Albatross Thalassarche salvini | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| White-crested Elaenia Elaenia albiceps | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Crested Duck Lophonetta specularioides | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| American Kestrel Falco sparverius | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Great-winged Petrel Pterodroma macroptera | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |