Snowy Sheathbill
Chionis albus
Also known as: American Sheathbill, Pale-Faced Sheathbill
Habitat
Ground
Diet
VertFishScav
Active Time
Diurnal
Size
676 g
LCAvesCharadriiformesChionidae
Seasonal Activity
18,743 sightings · 2000–2026
Citizen science records via GBIF
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Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Chionidae
Traits
- Diet
- VertFishScav
- Foraging
- Ground
- Activity
- Diurnal
- Body mass
- 676 g
Photo
(c) Guillermo Menéndez, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Guillermo Menéndez
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Occurrence data from GBIF.