Petrels and Shearwaters (Procellariidae)

Slender-billed Prion (Pachyptila belcheri) - HBW 1, p. 249

French: Prion de Belcher German: Dünnschnabel Sturmvogel Spanish: Pato petrel Picofino
Other common names: Narrow-billed/Thin-billed Prion

Taxonomy: Heteroprion belcheri Mathews, 1912, Geelong, Victoria.
Might hybridize with P. desolata at Kerguelen, though evidence largely circumstantial, based mainly on overlap in bill structure. Monotypic.

Distribution: Noir I (off S Chile), Falkland Is; Crozet, Kerguelen Is.