The Falkland Islands and South Atlantic
Robert Maddocks

LIST OF LIFE IN THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT - Click on an icon

BLUE WHALE Balaenoptera musculus KILLER WHALE Orinicus orca
SEI WHALE Balaenoptera borealis Strap-toothed Whale Mesoplodon layardii
SOUTHERN MINKE WHALE Balaenoptera bonerenis LONG-FINNED PILOT WHALE Globicephala melas
FIN WHALE Balenoptera physalus SOUTHERN RIGHT WHALE DOLPHIN Lissodelphis peronii
HUMPBACK WHALE Megaptera novaeangliae COMMERSON'S DOLPHIN Cephalorhynchus commersonii
SPERM WHALE Physeter macrocephalus HOURGLASS DOLPHIN Lagenorhynchus cruciger
SOUTHERN RIGHT WHALE- Eubalaena australis PEALE'S DOLPHIN Lagenorhynchus australis
ELEPHANT SEAL Mirounga leonina king penguins King Penguin Aptenodytes p. patagonica
SOUTH AMERICAN SEA LION Otaria flavescens gentoo penguins Gentoo Penguin Pygocelis papua
LEOPARD SEAL Hydrurga leptonyx magellanic penguins Magellanic Penguin Spheniscus magellanicus
SOUTH AMERICAN FUR SEAL Arctocephalus australis rockhopper penguin Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes chrysocome
ANTARCTIC FUR SEAL Arctocephalus gazella macaroni penguin Macaroni Penguin Eudyptes chrysolophus
black browed albatross Black-browed Albatross Diomedea melanophris giant petrel Southern Giant Petrel Macronectes giganteus
wandering albatross Wandering (Snowy) Albatross Diomedea exulans wilsons storm petrel Wilson’s Storm Petrel Oceanites oceanicus
light mantled sooty albatross Light-mantled Sooty Albatross Phoebetria palpebrata snow petrel Snow Petrel Pagodroma nivea
king or imperial cormorant King or Imperial Cormorant Phalacrocorax atriceps albiventer black bellied storm petrel Black-bellied Storm Petrel Fregetta tropica
rock cormorant Rock Cormorant 'Rock Shag' Phalacrocorax magellanicus pintado cape pigeon Cape Pigeon (petrel) Daption capense
greater shearwater Greater Shearwater Puffinus gravis white chinned petrel White-chinned Petrel Procellaria aequinoctialis
sooty shearwater Sooty Shearwater fairy prion Fairy Prion- Pachyptila turtur
falklands diving petrel Falklands Diving Petrel link to thin billed prion Thin-billed Prion Pachyptila belcheri
falklands flightless steamer duck logger duck Falklands Flightless Steamer Duck Tachyeres brachydactyla snowy sheathbill Snowy Sheathbill Chionis alba
MARINE INVERTEBRATES- ARTHROPODA- Crustacea MARINE FISH
MARINE INVERTEBRATES- Cephalopods- Cuttlefish Squid, Octopus Giant and Basket Kelp Macrocystis pyrifera
MARINE INVERTEBRATES- Bivalves Durvillaea
MARINE INVERTEBRATES Gastropods Sea Lettuce Ulva sp
 

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