Diving-petrels (Pelecanoididae)
Common Diving-petrel (Pelecanoides urinatrix) - HBW 1, p. 278
French: Puffinure plongeur
German: Lummensturmvogel
Spanish: Potoyunco Común
Other common names: Falkland/Berard's Diving-petrel (berard); Kerguelen/Subantarctic Diving-petrel (exsul); Tristan Diving-petrel (remaining subspecies)
Taxonomy: Procellaria urinatrix Gmelin, 1789, Queen Charlotte Sound, South Island, New Zealand.
Races exsul and berard sometimes considered distinct species. Masculine form of species name (urinator) more accurate, but normally disregarded. Six subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- urinatrix (Gmelin, 1789) - SE Australia and Tasmania to N New Zealand.
- chathamensis Murphy & Harper, 1916 - S New Zealand.
- exsul Salvin, 1896 - South Georgia E to Antipodes Is.
- urinatrix (Gmelin, 1789) - SE Australia and Tasmania to N New Zealand.
- chathamensis Murphy & Harper, 1916 - S New Zealand.
- exsul Salvin, 1896 - South Georgia E to Antipodes Is.
- dacunhae Nicoll, 1906 - Tristan da Cunha, Gough I.
- berard (Gaimard, 1823) - Falkland Is.
- coppingeri Mathews, 1912 - suspected to breed in S Chile.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Juvenile resting on the deck of a ship. Locality Beagle Channel, Tierra del Fuego Province, Magallanes Region, Chile (ssp coppingeri)
Joe Angseesing 14 February 2008 4 years ago 19 sec 4.3 -
Juvenile walking on the deck of a ship. Locality Beagle Channel, Tierra del Fuego Province, Argentina (ssp coppingeri)
Joe Angseesing 14 February 2008 4 years ago 23 sec 3.8 -
A bird flying across the ocean (50% speed). Locality Atlantic Ocean (ssp exsul)
Josep del Hoyo 7 April 2012 46 weeks ago 24 sec 3.4 -
An individual in flight over the sea, among big waves (50% speed). Locality Atlantic Ocean (ssp exsul)
Josep del Hoyo 7 April 2012 48 weeks ago 26 sec 3.2 -
Distant view of an individual in flight over the sea (at 50% speed). Locality Scotia Sea (ssp exsul)
Josep del Hoyo 5 April 2012 51 weeks ago 19 sec 2.6
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Juvenile resting on the deck of a ship.
Locality Beagle Channel, Tierra del Fuego Province, Magallanes Region, Chile (ssp coppingeri)
Joe Angseesing 14 February 2008 4 years ago 4 -
A bird in the hand after it landed on the boat.
Locality Bird Island, South Georgia (ssp exsul)
Laurent Demongin 2 October 2008 4 years ago 3.8 -
Bird flying nearby the ship off South Georgia Coast.
Locality South Georgia (ssp exsul)
Christophe Gouraud 23 October 2010 2 years ago 2.8
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