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

Procellaria aequinoctialis

[edit] Identification

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

55 cm in length. 147 cm in wingspan.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Taxonomy

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

[edit] Habitat

Open sea except when breeding.

[edit] Behaviour

The diet includes krill.

[edit] 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.

[edit] External Links

• View more images of this species on the ABID