๐Ÿพ What Animal Lives Where

Where does the Fairy Prion live?

Pachyptila turtur has 79,811 records in 13 countries and territories, from 1807 to 2026. Most records come from Australia.

Fairy Prion
Fairy Prion โ€” ZooPro / CC BY-SA 3.0 ยท source
AnimaliaChordataAvesProcellariiformesProcellariidaePachyptila

When it is recorded

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Peak month: December. 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
Australia 64,720
New Zealand 12,683
South Georgia 580
ZZ 287
Antarctica 272
Falkland Islands 212
South Africa 99
French Southern Territories 50
Argentina 48
Heard & McDonald Islands 7
Norfolk Island 3
Bouvet Island 1
New Caledonia 1

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