Common Diving Petrel

Pelecanoides urinatrix - Puffinure plongeur

Systematics

Order
:
Procellariiformes
Family
:
Procellariidés
Genus
:
Pelecanoides
Species
:
urinatrix

Descriptor

Gmelin, JF, 1789

Biometrics

Size
: 25 cm
Wingspan
: 33 à 38 cm.
Weight
: 86 à 185 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Common Diving Petrel (Pelecanoides urinatrix) is a species of bird in the Procellariidae family.

Subspecific information 6 subspecies

Pelecanoides urinatrix urinatrix (Tasmania, se Australia, n New Zealand)
Pelecanoides urinatrix dacunhae (Tristan da Cunha and Gough Is.)
Pelecanoides urinatrix berard (Falkland Is.)
Pelecanoides urinatrix chathamensis (Chatham, Snares and Stewart Is. New Zealand.)
Pelecanoides urinatrix exsul (South Georgia I. east to Antipodes and Auckland Is.)
Pelecanoides urinatrix coppingeri (s Chile)

Foreign names

Puffinure plongeur,
Potoyunco común,
petrel-mergulhador-comum,
Subantarktis-Lummensturmvogel,
barnahátú bukóhojsza,
Alkstormvogeltje,
Petrello tuffatore comune,
smalnäbbad dykpetrell,
Smalnebbdykkpetrell,
pelikánovec bielohrdlý,
buřník obecný,
Alkestormfugl,
myrskysukeltaja,
petrell cabussador comú,
nurzec czarnoskrzydły,
Обыкновенный нырковый буревестник,
モグリウミツバメ,
鹈燕,
普通鵜燕,

Voice song and cries

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Habitat

Grassland : Subantarctic ; Marine Neritic : Pelagic, Subtidal Rock and Rocky Reefs, Subtidal Loose Rock/pebble/gravel, Subtidal Sandy, Subtidal Sandy-Mud, Macroalgal/Kelp, Seagrass (Submerged) ; Marine Oceanic : Epipelagic (0-200m), Mesopelagic (200-1000m)