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- Aphrodroma brevirostris
Identification
36 cm. Grey plumage
Distribution
Remote islands in the Atlantic Ocean, and Indian Ocean.
Taxonomy
The species was placed for a long time in Pterodroma (the gadfly petrels) before being split out in 1942 into its own genus Lugensa. The genus was not widely accepted until 1985, though subsequent research has supported it.
Habitat
Behaviour
1 egg is laid per breeding season and is incubated by both parents for 49 days. After hatching the chick fledges after 60 days.
