---
title: "Petrelek krótkodzioby"
description: "Pachyptila turtur — Ptaki. The fairy prion (Pachyptila turtur) is a small seabird with the standard prion plumage of blue-grey upperparts with a prominent dark \"M\" marking and white underneath."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/fairy-prion
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Petrelek krótkodzioby

> Pachyptila turtur — Ptaki. The fairy prion (Pachyptila turtur) is a small seabird with the standard prion plumage of blue-grey upperparts with a prominent dark "M" marking and white underneath.

- Scientific name: *Pachyptila turtur*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: `sea` (Morze i wybrzeże)
- iNaturalist observations: 1350
- Wikidata: [Q601988](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q601988)
- iNaturalist taxon: [4158](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/4158)

## Names

- en: Fairy Prion
- de: Feensturmvogel
- es: Prión pico corto
- fr: Prion colombe
- nl: Duifprion
- pt: Faigão-de-bico-curto
- pl: Petrelek krótkodzioby

## Countries with the most observations

NZ (471), AU (122), TF (8)

## Summary

The fairy prion (Pachyptila turtur) is a small seabird with the standard prion plumage of blue-grey upperparts with a prominent dark "M" marking and white underneath. The sexes are alike. It is a small prion which frequents the low subantarctic and subtropic seas.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairy_prion

## Photo

![Petrelek krótkodzioby](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/fairy-prion/medium.jpg)

Photo: Esther Cocker · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/375306883

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/fairy-prion?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).