South Georgia Diving Petrel

Pelecanoides georgicus - Puffinure de Géorgie du Sud

Systematics

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

Descriptor

Murphy Harper, 1916

Biometrics

Size
: 21 cm
Wingspan
: 30 à 33 cm.
Weight
: 90 à 150 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

South Georgia Diving Petrel (Pelecanoides georgicus) is a species of bird in the Procellariidae family.

Subspecific information 2 subspecies

Pelecanoides georgicus georgicus (widespread)
Pelecanoides georgicus whenuahouensis ()

Foreign names

Puffinure de Géorgie du Sud,
Potoyunco de Georgia del Sur,
petrel-mergulhador-da-geórgia-do-sul,
Breitschnabel-Lummensturmvogel,
szürkehátú bukóhojsza,
Zuid-Georgisch Alkstormvogeltje,
Petrello tuffatore di South Georgia,
brednäbbad dykpetrell,
Kortnebbdykkpetrell,
pelikánovec širokozobý,
buřník georgijský,
Sydgeorgisk Alkestormfugl,
pikkumyrskysukeltaja,
petrell cabussador de Geòrgia del Sud,
nurzec mały,
Георгийский нырковый буревестник,
ミナミモグリウミツバメ,
南乔治亚鹈燕,
brednäbbad dykpetrell,
南喬治亞鵜燕,

Voice song and cries

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Habitat

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) ; Marine Coastal/Supratidal : Sea Cliffs and Rocky Offshore Islands, Coastal Sand Dunes