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A Snowy Sheathbill (C. alba)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Charadriiformes Family: Chionididae Bonaparte, 1832 Genus: Chionis Forster, JR, 1788
Species
Chionis alba Chionis minor Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (907x687, 93 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Sheathbill Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Phyla Placozoa (trichoplax) Orthonectida (orthonectids) Rhombozoa (dicyemids) Subregnum Parazoa Porifera (sponges) Subregnum Eumetazoa Radiata (unranked) (radial symmetry) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria (coral, jellyfish, anemones) Bilateria (unranked) (bilateral symmetry) Acoelomorpha (basal) Myxozoa (slime animals) Superphylum Deuterostomia (blastopore becomes anus) Chordata (vertebrates, etc. ... {{{subdivision_ranks}}} See below Chordates (phylum Chordata) are a group of animals that includes the vertebrates, together with several closely related invertebrates. ... For other meanings of bird, see bird (disambiguation). ... Families Thinocoridae Pedionomidae Scolopacidae Rostratulidae Jacanidae Chionididae Burhinidae Haematopodidae Recurvirostridae Ibidorhynchidae Charadriidae Pluvianellidae Dromadidae Glareolidae Stercorariidae Rhynchopidae Laridae Sternidae Alcidae Charadriiformes is a diverse order of small to medium-large birds. ... Charles Lucien Jules Laurent Bonaparte (May 24, 1803 _ July 29, 1857) was a French naturalist and ornithologist. ... Johann Reinhold Forster Johann Reinhold Forster (October 22, 1729 - December 9, 1798) was a German naturalist of Scottish descent. ... 1788 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

The sheathbills are the two species of birds in the genus Chionis in the Chionididae family. They are confined to Antarctic regions, and are the only Antarctic birds without webbed feet. For other meanings of bird, see bird (disambiguation). ... Greek ἀνταρκτικός, opposite the arctic) is a continent surrounding the Earths South Pole. ...

They have white plumage, with only the face and leg colours distinguishing the two species. They look plump and dove-like, but are believed to be similar to the ancestors of the modern gulls and terns. Two feathers Feathers are one of the epidermal growths that form the distinctive outer covering, or plumage, on birds. ... subfamily see article text Pigeon beside Weiming Lake, Peking University (2002) Pigeons and doves are some 300 species of near passerine birds in the order Columbiformes. ... Genera Larus Rissa Pagophila Rhodostethia Xema Creagus Gulls are mammals in the family Laridae. ... Genera Sterna (Gelochelidon) (Hydroprogne) (Thalasseus) Chlidonias Phaetusa Anous Procelsterna Gygis Larosterna Terns are seabirds in the family Sternidae, previously considered a subfamily Sterninae of the gull family Laridae. ...

They derive their English name from the horny sheath which partially covers the upper mandible of their stout bills. The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...

The sheathbills are scavengers, but will take chicks and eggs as well as offal. Harvestman eating the tail of a five-lined skink The word scavenger, in zoology, refers to animals that consume already dead organic life-forms. ... In most birds and reptiles, an apple (Latin ovum) is the zygote, resulting from fertilization of the ovum. ...

They lay 2 or 3 blotchy white eggs on the ground.

The two species are the Snowy Sheathbill (Chionis alba) and the Black-faced Sheathbill (C. minor).

Black-Faced Sheathbill Image File history File links Download high resolution version (700x687, 141 KB) NOAA Photo Library From Chionis minor, the lesser sheathbill. The endplate to Chapter XIII, Kerguelen Island. ...

External links

• Sheathbill videos on the Internet Bird Collection

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