South Georgia Diving Petrel - BirdForum Opus

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Pelecanoides georgicus

Distribution

Antarctica, Argentina, Australia, Falkland Islands, French Southern Territories, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, New Zealand, Saint Helena, South Africa, and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.

Taxonomy

Two subspecies are recognized^[1]:

• P. g. georgicus
  • breeds in subantarctic circumpolar regions: South Georgia Island in the southern Atlantic Ocean; Prince Edward, Marion, Crozet, Kerguelen, and Heard Islands in the southern Indian Ocean; and on Macquarie Island, south of New Zealand. Ranges at sea in waters near breeding sites
• P. g. whenuahouensis
  • breeds New Zealand (Codfish Island, off the southern end of the South Island; formerly also bred on the Auckland Islands); range at sea not documented

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) South Georgia Diving Petrel. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 12 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/South_Georgia_Diving_Petrel

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