Salvin's Prion

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When to see the Salvin's Prion

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 6 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is January, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Salvin's Prion

The map shades 2 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in New Zealand.

About the Salvin's Prion

Salvin's prion, also known as the medium-billed prion, is a species of seabird in the petrel family Procellariidae.

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Easily confused with

Fulmar PrionPachyptila crassirostrisThe fulmar prion is a species of seabird in the family Procellariidae, found in the southern oceans. MacGillivray's PrionPachyptila macgillivrayiMacGillivray's prion is a species of small petrel in the Southern Ocean. Broad-billed PrionPachyptila vittataThe broad-billed prion has the usual prion colours: blue-grey upperparts, white underparts, and the ever present dark "M" across its back and wings.