Common Diving Petrel
Pelecanoides urinatrix
Least ConcernAves · Procellariiformes · Pelecanoididae
About
The common diving petrel , also known as the smaller diving petrel or simply the diving petrel, is a diving petrel, one of four very similar auk-like small petrels of the southern oceans. It is native to South Atlantic islands and islands of the subantarctic southern Indian Ocean, islands and islets off New Zealand and south-eastern Australian islands.
Fun Fact
He placed it with the other petrels in the genus Procellaria and coined the binomial name Procellaria tridactyla.
Quick Facts
Habitat
To be updated
Diet
Feeds on the continental shelf during the breeding season, its movements during the non-breeding season are poorly known and whether it disperses more widely is not known.
Lifespan
To be updated
Threats
- Habitat Change
- Human Disturbance