Even though it doesn’t look like any Antarctic season will happen this year (except maybe from New Zealand), I will still continue with my series on Antarctic Birds (and mammals). Maybe we will get a bit into the mood then 😀

On a trip to Antarctica and its surrounding subantarctic islands, one can see a lot of different species of birds. Penguins, sheathbills, skuas in colonies on land and albatrosses, shearwaters and other petrels at sea (or in a colony as well of course). In this series of blog posts, I’ll give an overview of some of the species we find on those trips. Not meant to replace a good field guide, but just some biological background on the different species you can encounter during a trip to Antarctica (and some subantarctic islands).

In this post, I’ll give you an overview of the species I’ve already covered.

Penguins

Emperor Penguin
King Penguin
Adélie Penguin
Gentoo Penguin update
Chinstrap Penguin
Macaroni Penguin
Southern Rockhopper Penguin
Erect-crested Penguin
Magellanic Penguin

Other Antarctic land birds

Snowy Sheathbill
South Polar Skua
Subantarctic (Brown) Skua
Antarctic Tern
Arctic Tern
Kelp Gull
South Georgia Shag
Antarctic Shag
South Georgian Pipit
South Georgian Pintail

Tubenoses

Northern Giant Petrel
Southern Giant Petrel
Wilson’s Storm-petrel
Black-bellied Storm-petrel
White-bellied Storm-petrel
Grey-backed Storm-petrel
Snow Petrel
Antarctic Petrel
Cape Petrel
Southern Fulmar
White-chinned Petrel
Blue Petrel
Slender-billed Prion
Antarctic Prion
Fairy Prion
Sooty Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Atlantic Petrel
Soft-plumaged Petrel

Black-browed Albatross
Grey-headed Albatross
Wandering (Snowy) Albatross
Tristan Albatross
Southern Royal Albatross
Northern Royal Albatross
Light-mantled Albatross