The fairy prion (Pachyptila turtur) is a small seabird with the standard prion plumage of blue-grey upperparts with a prominent dark "M" marking and white underneath. The sexes are alike. It is a small prion which frequents the low subantarctic and subtropic seas.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Fairy Prion being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Pachyptila vittata
- Pachyptila belcheri
- Pachyptila desolata
- Pachyptila salvini
- Pterodroma cookii
- Hydrobates furcatus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- Family
- Procellariidae
- Genus
- Pachyptila
- Species
- Pachyptila turtur
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