Bird List for the Drake Passage and Antarctica

Birds and animals seen on Antartica Voyage (Drake Passage and Antarctica):

Birds seen on Antarctica Voyage:

Black-browed Albatross

Southern Royal Albatross and Black-browed Albatross

Gray Mantled Albatross

Northern Giant Petrel

Gentoo Penguin

Adeile Penguin

Snow Petrel
Photograph taken by and copyright Chris Craig

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Adelie Penguin

Rockhopper Penguin

Gentoo Penguin

Chinstrap Penguin

Macaroni Penguin

King Penguin

Emperor Penguin
Black-browed Albatross

Wandering Albatross

Southern Royal Albatross

Northern Royal Abatross

Grey-Mantled Albatross

Southern Fulmar

Southern Giant Petrel

Northern Giant Petrel

Wilson’s Storm Petrel

Gray-backed Storm Petrel

Black-bellied Storm Petrel

White-chinned Petrel

Cape Petrel

Antarctic Petrel

Snow Petrel

Common Diving Petrel

Snowy Sheafbill

Sooty Shearwater

Great Shearwater

Brown Skua

Southern Polar Skua

Thin-billed Prion

Antarctic Prion

Antarctic Cormorant

Imperial Cormorant

Animals seen on Antarctica Voyage:

Elephant Seal

Fin Whale

Orca

Leopard Seal

Elephant Seal

Antarctic Fur Seal

Crabeater Seal

Weddell Seal

Fin Whale

Humpback Whale

Orca

About the Writer

Young Birder Birdgirl Mya-Rose Craig on Scilly

Photograph taken by and copyright Chris Craig

Mya-Rose Craig is a 13 year old young birder, naturalist, conservationist, environmentalist, writer and speaker. She is based near Bristol and writes the successful Birdgirl Blog, with posts about birding and conservation from around the world. She loved seeing Mountain Gorillas in East Africa and Penguins in Antarctica over Christmas 2015, her 7th continent. 

Mya-Rose is a Bristol European Green Capital 2015 Ambassador along with Kevin McCloud, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Tony Juniper, Simon King, Miranda Krestovnikoff and Shaun the Sheep! See the full list of Bristol 2015 Ambassadors. She has also been listed with the singer songwriter George Ezra and actress Maisie Williams from Game of Thrones as one of Bristol's most influential young people. Please like her Birdgirl Facebook Page and follow her on Birdgirl Twitter