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 a fast flight close to the water Locality Antarctic and Subantarctic (Monotypic species)
Peter Fraser 9 November 2002 4 years ago 52 sec 3.6
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A bird arching aboove the surface of the water
Locality South Georgia (Monotypic species)
Santiago Imberti 3 March 2010 45 weeks ago 2.5
- No sound recordings available yet
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