Antarctic Petrel

• The Svarthamaren colony, deep in the Antarctic interior, holds more than 200,000 pairs 200 kilometres from the nearest sea: the adults make round trips of more than four hundred kilometres to bring food to a single chick.
• Like other petrels, it defends itself by spitting a foul-smelling stomach oil that mats the attacker's plumage, which is especially dangerous for other seabirds, since they can lose their waterproofing.

Skeleton type

Vertebrate - internal bony skeleton (bird)

Habitat and environment

The waters of the Antarctic pack ice; it breeds on cliffs and nunataks of the Antarctic continent

Sexual maturity

6 years

Gestation / incubation

45 days of incubation

Litter / clutch size

1 egg

Sources consulted: https://www.iucnredlist.org/ | https://animaldiversity.org/ | https://es.wikipedia.org/

The pins mark the parks where its presence is documented.