South Georgia diving petrel
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The South Georgia diving petrel or Georgian diving-petrel is one of five very similar small auk-like diving petrels of the southern oceans. It is native to the South Atlantic and islands of the southe
Pelecanoides georgicus
South Georgia Diving Petrel i Naturalist
Egg of Pelecanoides georgicus
Common diving petrel
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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
South Georgia diving petrel
…be more brown than black. The legs are blue with posterior black lines down the tarsi. Unless seen very close, it is almost indistinguishable from the common diving petrel; the common diving petrel has brown inner web primary feathers, whereas the South Georgia diving petrel has light inner web feathering. Common diving…
Pelecanoides urinatrix
Adult specimen in flight.
Pelecanoides urinatrix egg.
Bird flying above the ocean