Soft-plumaged petrel
| Soft-plumaged petrel | |
|---|---|
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| Dorsal plumage. Photographed on pelagic waters near Albany, Western Australia. | |
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| Ventral plumage. | |
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Procellariiformes |
| Family: | Procellariidae |
| Genus: | Pterodroma |
| Species: | P. mollis |
| Binomial name | |
| Pterodroma mollis (Gould, 1844) | |
On land
The soft-plumaged petrel (Pterodroma mollis) is a species of seabird in the Procellariidae family.
Distribution
It breeds on islands in the Southern Hemisphere, nesting on Tristan da Cunha, Gough Island, the Prince Edward Islands, Crozet Islands, Macquarie Island, and on the Antipodes Islands of New Zealand. Small numbers breed in the Maatsuyker Island Group of southern Tasmania. It disperses outside the breeding season, reaching eastern South America north to Brazil, southern Africa and Australia. It has occurred as a vagrant in Israel, Norway and Jordan.
Taxonomy
Fea's petrel (P. feae), Deserta's petrel (P. desertae) and Zino's petrel (P. madeira) of the North Atlantic were formerly treated as subspecies of this bird.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Pterodroma mollis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.