This is a small sampling of sea birds identified during the 2006 and 2024 circumnavigation cruises of the Scotia Sea, with stops in the Falkland Islands (2006), South Georgia and Antarctica (both).
Magellan Goose or Upland Goose
Crested Duck
Southern Giant Petrel
Antarctic Shag
Black-crowned Night Heron
Montage of several Black-browed Albatross
Juvenile Royal Albatross
Antarctic Prion
Sooty Shearwater
Cape Petrel (aka Pintado Petrel)
Wilson’s Storm Petrel
Antarctic Shag (Comorant)
Southern Fulmar
Adult Royal Albatross
Antarctic Prion
Wilson’s Storm Petrel , aka ‘the Jesus Bird’ ( that walk on water)
Magellanic Oyster Catcher
Black-browed Albatross
Turkey Vulture
Imperial Shag
Wandering Albatross
Wandering Albatross on nest, on Prion Island, South Georgia
Juvenile Wandering Albatross