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Definition of Sheathbills

Sheathbill
Sheathbill Sheath"bill`, n. (Zo["o]l.) Either one of two species of birds composing the genus Chionis, and family Chionid[ae], native of the islands of the Antarctic seas. Note: They are related to the gulls and the plovers, but more nearly to the latter. The base of the bill is covered with a saddle-shaped horny sheath, and the toes are only slightly webbed. The plumage of both species is white.

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- sheathbill breeding season, pairs of sheathbills in penguin colonies maintain territories covering a number of penguin nests. Two mated sheathbills often...
- translates to "snow white". Sheathbills spend 86% of their day hunting for food and the other 14% resting. The snowy sheathbill lives in Antarctica, the...
- The black-faced sheathbill (Chionis minor), also known as the lesser sheathbill or paddy bird, is one of only two species of sheathbills, aberrant s****birds...
- species) Family PluvianellidaeMagellanic plover Family Chionidaesheathbills (2 species) Family PluvianidaeEgyptian plover Family Charadriidae...
- (Tachyeres), geese and swans (Anserinae), the solitaire (Pezophaps), sheathbills (Chionis), some guans (Crax) and stone curlews (Burhinus) use a bony...
- Gallinula comeri (E) Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Chionididae The sheathbills are scavengers of the Antarctic regions. They have white plumage and...
- and McDonald Islands Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Chionididae The sheathbills are scavengers of the Antarctic regions. They have white plumage and...
- pintail, Anas georgica Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Chionididae The sheathbills are scavengers of the Antarctic regions. They have white plumage and...
- Donsker, D.; Rasmussen, P. (August 2024). "Buttonquail, thick-knees, sheathbills, plovers, oystercatchers, stilts, painted-snipes, jacanas, Plains-wanderer...
- S. Clayton of the British Antarctic Survey. Sheathbill Bay was named by UK-APC for the snowy sheathbills that live in the bay. Hecate Rock was named by...