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Alternative name: Dove Prion
- Pachyptila desolata
Identification
Distribution
South America, Africa, [Asia]], Australasia
South America: Peru, Uruguay, Chile, Argentina
Western Africa: Angola
Southern Africa: Namibia, South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal
Southeast Asia: Indonesia, Greater Sundas, Java,
Australasia: New Guinea, Australia, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia,Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia, New Zealand
Antarctica: South Georgia Island, South Sandwich Island, South Orkney Island, South Shetland Island, Tristan da Cunha.
They breed on South Georgia, the South Sandwich Islands, the South Orkney Islands, the South Shetland Island, Iles Crozet, Iles Kerguelen, Heard Island, Macquarie Island, Auckland Island, and Scott Island.
Taxonomy
There are three subspecies
Subspecies[1]
- P. d. desolata:
- Crozet, Kerguelen and Macquarie islands
- P. d. altera:
- Auckland and Heard islands
- P. d. banksi:
- Scotia Archaepelago, South Georgia, South Sandwich and Scott islands
Habitat
Seas and coastal areas.
Behaviour
Breeding
They nest on exposed rock faces of cliffs, in cavities under boulders or in short twisting burrows in soft grass-covered slopes. 1 egg is laid and incubated by both parents for 45 days.
Diet
They feed from the surface of the sea and the diet includes crustaceans.
References
- Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
- Avibase
- Australian Antarctic Division
