Kerguelen Petrel
Aphrodroma brevirostris - Pétrel de Kerguelen Pétrel des Kerguelen
Systematics
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Order:
Procellariiformes
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Family:
Procellariidés
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Genus:
Aphrodroma
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Species:
brevirostris
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 36 cm
- Wingspan: 80 à 82 cm.
- Weight: 331 à 357 g
Geographic range
Identification
Kerguelen Petrel (Aphrodroma brevirostris) is a species of bird in the Procellariidae family.
Subspecific information monotypic species
Foreign names
- Pétrel de Kerguelen,
- Petrel de las Kerguelen,
- pardela-de-bico-curto,
- Kerguelensturmvogel,
- kergueleni hojsza,
- Kerguelenstormvogel,
- Petrello delle Kerguelen,
- kerguelenpetrell,
- Sølvvingepetrell,
- brložník nočný,
- buřňák krátkozobý,
- Kerguelenpetrel,
- hopeaviistäjä,
- Kerguelense Stormvoël,
- petrell de les illes Kerguelen,
- petrelek popielaty,
- Кергеленский тайфунник,
- ケルゲレンミズナギドリ,
- 短嘴圆尾鹱,
- kerguelenpetrell,
- 短嘴圓尾鸌,
Habitat
Wetlands (inland) : Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands ; Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) : ; 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)
Threats - protection
IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
in the Wild
Near
threatened
threatened
Not
evaluated
evaluated
EX
EW
CR
EN
VU
NT
LC
NE
Sources of information
- A Complete Guide to Antarctic Wildlife : The Birds and Marine Mammals of the Antarctic Continent and the Southern Ocean, Hadoram Shirihai
- Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic birds, 1: ratites to ducks., Marchant, S.; Higgins, P. J.
- Albatrosses and Petrels across the World, Michael Brooke
- New Zealand birds and birding, Narena Olliver
- IOC World Bird List (v14.2), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2024-04-18.
Other sources of interest
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