Pachyptila salvini (Salvin's
prion)
Marionwalvisvoël [Afrikaans]; Salvin-prion [Dutch]; Prion
de Salvin [French]; Kleiner entensturmvogel [German]; Painho-filtrador de Salvin
[Portuguese]
Life
> Eukaryotes >
Opisthokonta
> Metazoa (animals) >
Bilateria >
Deuterostomia > Chordata >
Craniata > Vertebrata (vertebrates) > Gnathostomata (jawed
vertebrates) > Teleostomi (teleost fish) > Osteichthyes (bony fish) > Class:
Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned
fish) > Stegocephalia (terrestrial
vertebrates) > Tetrapoda
(four-legged vertebrates) > Reptiliomorpha > Amniota >
Reptilia (reptiles) >
Romeriida > Diapsida > Archosauromorpha > Archosauria >
Dinosauria
(dinosaurs) > Saurischia > Theropoda (bipedal predatory dinosaurs) >
Coelurosauria > Maniraptora > Aves
(birds) > Order: Ciconiiformes
> Family: Procellariidae
Distribution and habitat
Occurs throughout the southern Indian Ocean, usually
staying below the Subtropical Front (38-40° South). It is a vagrant to southern
African waters, with isolated records in the north-eastern corner of the region
and along the coast of South Africa.
Food
It mainly eats small crustaceans (especially amphipods),
supplemented with small fish, squid and chaetognaths.
Threats
Not threatened, although negatively affected by the
introduction of domestic cats (Felis catus) at Marion island.
References
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Hockey PAR, Dean WRJ and Ryan PG 2005. Roberts
- Birds of southern Africa, VIIth ed. The Trustees of the John Voelcker
Bird Book Fund, Cape Town.
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