Petrels and Shearwaters (Procellariidae)
Kerguelen Petrel (Pterodroma brevirostris) - HBW 1, p. 241
French: Pétrel de Kerguelen
German: Kerguelensturmvogel
Spanish: Petrel de las Kerguelen
Other common names: Little Black/Short-billed Petrel
Taxonomy: Procellaria brevirostris Lesson, 1831, no locality. Type from Cape of Good Hope.
Sometimes partitioned off in monotypic genus Lugensa. Monotypic.
Distribution: Tristan da Cunha, Gough I; Prince Edward Is, Crozet, Kerguelen Is.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird in flight at sea (at 50% speed). Locality Atlantic Ocean (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 6 April 2012 47 weeks ago 32 sec 3.6 -
A bird in a fast flight close to the water Locality Antarctic and Subantarctic (Monotypic species)
Peter Fraser 9 November 2002 5 years ago 52 sec 3.6 -
A bird flying over the ocean (50% speed). Locality Atlantic Ocean (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 19 April 2012 47 weeks ago 21 sec 3.3 -
A bird flying at sea (50% speed). Locality Atlantic Ocean (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 6 April 2012 47 weeks ago 16 sec 3 -
A bird in flight over the sea (50% slow motion). Locality Atlantic Ocean (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 19 April 2012 47 weeks ago 25 sec 2.5 -
An individual in flight over the ocean (50% speed). Locality Atlantic Ocean (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 19 April 2012 47 weeks ago 21 sec 2.3
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A bird arching aboove the surface of the water
Locality South Georgia (Monotypic species)
Santiago Imberti 3 March 2010 1 year ago 2.5 -
A bird flying at sea.
Locality Atlantic Ocean (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 6 April 2012 46 weeks ago 1.8
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