Fairy Prion

Pachyptila turtur

The fairy prion 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.

Scientific name

Pachyptila turtur

Family

Shearwaters and Petrels

IUCN status

LC