Birds of the World

    PROCELLARIIFORMES: Procellariidae (Petrels, Shearwaters, Diving Petrels)  
Genus: Pelecanoides (4 species)


Peruvian Diving Petrel
Peruvian Diving Petrel (Pelecanoides garnotii) Near Threatened
Range: SA: islets from Lobos de Tierra (w of n Peru) to Coronel (Bio-Bio region, sc Chile)
 
   
Photograph by Gareth Knass   © All Rights Reserved.

Small fat pelagic bird similar to an auklet. Black on back and white below.

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South Georgia Diving Petrel (Pelecanoides georgicus)
Range: SO: islands of subantarctic Atlantic, Indian and sw Pacific oceans from South Georgia to Heard (sc South Indian Ocean) and Codfish I. (=Whenua Hou, nw of Stewart I., New Zealand)
   



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Magellanic Diving Petrel (Pelecanoides magellani)
Range: SA: islets in Chilean fjords to Cape Horn
   



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Common Diving Petrel (Pelecanoides urinatrix)
Range: SO: islands of subtropical to subantarctic Atlantic, Indian and sw Pacific
   




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