Common name (e.g. turtle)

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Genus + Species (e.g. Caretta caretta)

Pachyptila turtur   (Kuhl, 1820)

Fairy prion

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Aves | Procellariiformes | Procellariidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Pelagic.  Tropical

Distribution Territories | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Indo- Pacific, Southern Atlantic and the Antarctic. Tropical to polar.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 28.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 8812); max. published weight: 140.00 g (Ref. 356)

Short description Morphology

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Cherel, Y., C.-A. Bost, C. Guinet and H. Weimerskirch 2005 Feeding habits of seabirds and marine mammals of the Kerguelen Archipelago. pp. 31-36 In Palomares, M.L.D., Pruvost, P., Pitcher, T.J., Pauly, D. (eds.) Modeling Antarctic marine ecosystems. Fisheries Centre Research Reports 13(7). Fisheries Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. (Ref. 89128)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Threat to humans

Human uses

FAO - Publication: search | FishSource |

Tools

Internet sources

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO - Publication: search | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Resilience (Ref. 69278):	High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=6.5-39.23)
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543)	Low vulnerability (18 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):	Unknown.

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