Black-faced SheatbillDutch: Klein IJshoen |
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| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Chionididae |
| Genus: | Chionis |
| Species: | Chionis minor |
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| Many thanks to the Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt, for allowing us to photograph this specimen. | |
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Side, top and bottom view of skull. (Click on image to enlarge) |
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| Length: | 72 mm |
| Length cranium: | 37 mm |
| Width (cranium): | 29 mm |
| Height (cranium): | 22 mm |
| Alternative names: Schwarzgesicht-Scheidenschnabel (German), Petit Chionis (French), Picovaina de las Kerguelen (Spanish) | |