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White-chinned Petrel (Procellaria aequinoctialis)

White-chinned Petrel (Procellaria aequinoctialis)
White-chinned Petrel (Procellaria aequinoctialis)

About White-chinned Petrel (Procellaria aequinoctialis)

  • Kingdom: Animals
  • Phylum: Chordates
  • Class: Birds
  • Order: Tubenoses
  • Family: Shearwaters and Petrels

The white-chinned petrel also known as the Cape hen and shoemaker, is a large shearwater in the family Procellariidae. It ranges around the Southern Ocean as far north as southern Australia, Peru and Namibia, and breeds colonially on scattered islands. The white-chinned petrel was formerly considered to be conspecific with the spectacled petrel.

Source: Wikipedia

Visits

  • 2003-01-11

    Walvis Bay, Namibia
  • 2005-02-02

    Ushuaia - Beagle Channel, Argentina
  • 2012-01-20

    Kaikoura, New Zealand
    Image from 2012-01-20
  • 2019-06-28

    Valparaiso, Chile
  • 2021-11-28

    Drake Passage, Antarctica
  • 2021-11-30

    South Georgia Island - Stromness, Antarctica
  • 2021-12-01

    South Georgia Island - Gold Harbor, Antarctica
  • 2021-12-02

    South Georgia Island - Cooper Bay, Antarctica
  • 2021-12-02

    Drake Passage, Antarctica
  • 2021-12-03

    Drake Passage, Antarctica
  • 2021-12-04

    Drake Passage, Antarctica