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Fairy Prion (Pachyptila turtur)

Fairy Prion (Pachyptila turtur)
Fairy Prion (Pachyptila turtur)

About Fairy Prion (Pachyptila turtur)

  • Kingdom: Animals
  • Phylum: Chordates
  • Class: Birds
  • Order: Tubenoses
  • Family: Albatrosses

The fairy prion is a small seabird with the standard prion plumage of blue-grey upperparts with a prominent dark "M" marking and white underneath. The sexes are alike. It is a small prion which frequents the low subantarctic and subtropic seas.

Source: Wikipedia

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