Foto de stock - Adult Snow Petrel Pagodroma nivea on the wing in and around the Antarctic peninsula This is a small, pure white fulmarine petrel with black underdown, coal_black eyes, small black bill and bluish gray feet Body length is 36 to 41 centimeters 1416 in and the wingspan is 76 to 79 centimeters It is one of only three birds that breed exclusively in Antarctica and has been seen at the South Pole It has the most southernly breeding distribution of any bird The snow petrel was first named by Georg Forster, during Captain Cook´s voyages in 1777 as Procellaria nivea Like many petrels these birds squirt waxy, yellowish stomach oil at nest intruders This oil stinks of fish and is extremely difficult to remove They are known to live 14 to 20 years