Kerguelen Petrel

Aphrodroma brevirostris - Pétrel de Kerguelen Pétrel des Kerguelen

Systematics

Order
:
Procellariiformes
Family
:
Procellariidés
Genus
:
Aphrodroma
Species
:
brevirostris

Descriptor

Lesson, RP, 1831

Biometrics

Size
: 36 cm
Wingspan
: 80 à 82 cm.
Weight
: 331 à 357 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Kerguelen Petrel (Aphrodroma brevirostris) is a species of bird in the Procellariidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

Pétrel de Kerguelen,
Petrel de las Kerguelen,
pardela-de-bico-curto,
Kerguelensturmvogel,
kergueleni hojsza,
Kerguelenstormvogel,
Petrello delle Kerguelen,
kerguelenpetrell,
Sølvvingepetrell,
brložník nočný,
buřňák krátkozobý,
Kerguelenpetrel,
hopeaviistäjä,
Kerguelense Stormvoël,
petrell de les illes Kerguelen,
petrelek popielaty,
Кергеленский тайфунник,
ケルゲレンミズナギドリ,
短嘴圆尾鹱,
短嘴圓尾鸌,

Habitat

Wetlands (inland) : Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands ; Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) : ; Marine Neritic : Pelagic, Subtidal Rock and Rocky Reefs, Subtidal Loose Rock/pebble/gravel, Subtidal Sandy, Subtidal Sandy-Mud, Macroalgal/Kelp, Seagrass (Submerged) ; Marine Oceanic : Epipelagic (0-200m), Mesopelagic (200-1000m)

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status

Extinct

Threatened

Least
concern

Extinc
in the Wild

Near
threatened

Not
evaluated

EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

A Complete Guide to Antarctic Wildlife : The Birds and Marine Mammals of the Antarctic Continent and the Southern Ocean, Hadoram Shirihai
Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic birds, 1: ratites to ducks., Marchant, S.; Higgins, P. J.
Albatrosses and Petrels across the World, Michael Brooke
New Zealand birds and birding, Narena Olliver
IOC World Bird List (v14.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2024-04-18.

Other sources of interest