Slender-billed prion

Weight

145 gsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Wingspan

56 cmsrc for Wingspan

Lifespan

Not recorded

Diet

Aquatic predatorsrc for Diet

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

marinesrc for Habitat

Young per litter or clutch

1src for Young per litter or clutch

Age at maturity

6.7 yearssrc for Age at maturity

Litters or clutches a year

0.875src for Litters or clutches a year

Lifestyle

Aquaticsrc for Lifestyle

Migration

Sedentarysrc for Migration

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The slender-billed prion is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

1. LCLeast Concern
2. NTNear Threatened
3. VUVulnerable
4. ENEndangered
5. CRCritically Endangered
6. EWExtinct in the Wild
7. EXExtinct

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1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classAves
4. orderProcellariiformes
5. familyProcellariidae
6. genusPachyptila
7. SpeciesPachyptila belcheri (Mathews, 1912)

Synonyms Heteroprion belcheri, Heteroprion belcheri falklandicus, Heteroprion belcheri lalfa, Heteroprion belcheri serventyi, Pachyptila belcheri orientalis, Pseudoprion turtur solanderi

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistTAXREFWikidataWoRMSIUCN Red List

LC, Least Concern

Antarctic prion

Pachyptila desolata

Procellariidae

LC, Least Concern

Broad-billed prion

Pachyptila vittata

Procellariidae

LC, Least Concern

Fairy prion

Pachyptila turtur

Procellariidae

LC, Least Concern

Fulmar prion

Pachyptila crassirostris

Procellariidae

LC, Least Concern

Salvin's prion

Pachyptila salvini

Procellariidae

CR, Critically Endangered

MacGillivray's prion

Pachyptila macgillivrayi

Procellariidae

CompareSlender-billed prion vs Antarctic prionSlender-billed prion vs Broad-billed prionSlender-billed prion vs Fairy prionSlender-billed prion vs Fulmar prion

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@misc{slender_billed_prion_2026,
  title = {Slender-billed prion (Pachyptila belcheri)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/slender-billed-prion},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}