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Revision as of 20:29, 12 February 2017

Photo by Rodrigo Reyes
Location: Humboldt Current, from Quintero, Chile.
Procellaria aequinoctialis

Identification

There is a thread discussing the identification of White-chinned Petrel and confusion species.[[1]]

55 cm in length. 147 cm in wingspan.


Distribution

South Australia, Peru and Namibia; breeds colonially on South Georgia, Prince Edward Islands, Crozet Islands, Kerguelen Islands, Auckland Island, Campbell Island and Antipodes Islands, all islands situated in cold water areas.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species.
Spectacled Petrel was formerly regarded as subspecies of this species.

Habitat

Open sea except when breeding.

Behaviour

The diet includes krill.

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.

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