Sheathbills (Chionidae)
Black-faced Sheathbill (Chionis minor) - HBW 3, p. 555
French: Petit Chionis
German: Schwarzgesicht-Scheidenschnabel
Spanish: Picovaina de las Kerguelen
Other common names: Lesser Sheathbill, Paddy
Taxonomy: Chionis minor Hartlaub, 1841, no locality = Kerguelen Islands.
There is no genetic mixing among subspecies, except in rare cases of ship-assisted vagrants. Four subspecies usually recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- marionensis Reichenow, 1908 - Marion and Prince Edward Is.
- crozettensis (Sharpe, 1896) - Crozet Is.
- minor Hartlaub, 1841 - Kerguelen Is.
- nasicornis Reichenow, 1904 - Heard I and McDonald Is.
- Least Concern
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