๐Ÿพ What Animal Lives Where

Where does the Snow Petrel live?

Pagodroma nivea has 39,049 records in 14 countries and territories, from 1894 to 2026. Most records come from Antarctica.

Snow Petrel
Snow Petrel โ€” This illustration was made by Samuel Blanc. If you plan on using it, an email to samuel @ sblanc.com would be greatly appreciated. / CC BY-SA 3.0 ยท source
AnimaliaChordataAvesProcellariiformesProcellariidaePagodroma

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
Antarctica 35,632
South Georgia 2,643
ZZ 153
United Kingdom 68
Australia 26
New Zealand 6
French Southern Territories 5
Bouvet Island 4
Argentina 1
Brazil 1
Chile 1
Falkland Islands 1
Greenland 1
United States 1

Related animals

Others in the family Procellariidae.

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great shearwater
great shearwater
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wedge-tailed shearwater
wedge-tailed shearwater
166,210 records
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White-chinned Petrel
124,739 records
short-tailed shearwater
short-tailed shearwater
123,756 records
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.