Petrels and Shearwaters (Procellariidae)
Blue Petrel (Halobaena caerulea) - HBW 1, p. 248
French: Prion bleu
German: Blausturmvogel
Spanish: Petrel Azulado
Taxonomy: Procellaria caerulea Gmelin, 1789, in oceano australi = Southern Ocean, lat. 58° S.
Monotypic.
Distribution: Subantarctic, from Diego Ramírez Is, Cape Horn and South Georgia eastwards through islands of S Indian Ocean to Macquarie I.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An adult flying over the sea Locality Prince Edward Islands (Monotypic species)
Peter Fraser 4 November 2002 6 years ago 30 sec 3.2 -
An adult flying Locality Prince Edward Islands (Monotypic species)
Peter Fraser 4 November 2002 6 years ago 17 sec 3.2 -
A bird in flight around a ship Locality Drake Passage (Monotypic species)
Gus Yaki 1 February 2000 4 years ago 22 sec 2.9
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In flight
Locality South Georgia
Martin Hale 29 November 2011 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 3.5 -
In flight
Locality South Georgia
Martin Hale 29 November 2011 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 3.5 -
Blue Petrel, viewed from above.
Locality Drake Passage
Mark Andrews 9 January 2005 2 years ago 3
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