🐾 What Animal Lives Where

Where does the Black-faced Sheathbill live?

Chionis minor has 409 records in 6 countries and territories, from 1949 to 2026. Most records come from French Southern Territories.

AnimaliaChordataAvesCharadriiformesChionidaeChionis

When it is recorded

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Peak month: January. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
French Southern Territories 275
Heard & McDonald Islands 59
Antarctica 34
South Africa 33
France 6
ZZ 2

Related animals

Others in the family Chionidae.

Snowy Sheathbill
Snowy Sheathbill
20,525 records
Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.