Common Diving-petrel
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| Pelecanoides urinatrix (Gmelin, 1789) |
The Common Diving-petrel ( Pelecanoides urinatrix), is a diving-petrel, one of four very similar auk-like small petrels of the southern oceans. It is native to South Africa and islands of the southern Indian Ocean.
Breeding areas Many islands and islets off North, South, Stewart, Chatham, Solander and Snares Is; south-eastern Australian islands Breeding season April to February Dispersal/migration Ranges throughout coastal waters
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