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Difference between revisions of "White-chinned Petrel" - BirdForum Opus

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==Distribution==
 
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====Status of Spectacled Petrel ''conspicillata''====
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Treated as a subspecies of ''aequinoctialis'' by most authorities. Recently, the SACC (2008) passed a proposal to seperate it as a full species, citing vocal differences noted by Ryan (1998).
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==Habitat==
 
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==Behaviour==

Revision as of 20:19, 29 June 2008

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

Identification

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

Distribution

Taxonomy

Status of Spectacled Petrel conspicillata

Treated as a subspecies of aequinoctialis by most authorities. Recently, the SACC (2008) passed a proposal to seperate it as a full species, citing vocal differences noted by Ryan (1998).

Habitat

Behaviour

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