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Fairy prion
Conservation status
Fairy prion
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Procellariiformes
Family: Procellariidae
Genus: Pachyptila
Species:
P. turtur
Binomial name
Pachyptila turtur
(Kuhl, 1820)

The fairy prion (Pachyptila turtur) 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.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Pachyptila turtur". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22698124A132626982. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22698124A132626982.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

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