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Common diving petrel

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667: 655: 643: 42: 541: 217: 95: 599: 70: 573:. The common diving petrel has brown inner web primary feathers, whereas the South Georgia petrel has light inner web feathering. Common petrels have smaller and narrower bills than the South Georgia petrel. Another difference is that the South Georgia diving petrel has a posterior black line down the 630:
relationships. Breeding colonies are large and there is about one nest per 1 square metre (11 sq ft). The nest is a burrow around 50 cm long with a chamber at the bottom which may or may not be lined with dried grass. Females lay a single white egg, which measures 38 x 29 mm, and
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The common diving petrel 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. Like other members of their family they catch prey by wing-propelled diving, and are capable of diving
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35 and 55 degrees south, mostly around islands. While the population is decreasing, it is not believed to be rapid enough to be of concern. While 1.5 m (4.9 ft) burrows are usually dug in vegetated slopes, though they are occasionally built in flatland.
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have thin white strips. The face and neck can be more brown than black. The legs and feet are blue with blackish-brown webbing in between the toes. Unless seen very close, it is almost indistinguishable from the
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is incubated for 53–55 days. The young are brooded for 10–15 days and fledgling occurs at 45–59 days. Both parents take care of the young, which are grey-grown when hatched. The life expectancy is 6.5 years.
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There are six subspecies (also listed above), which vary in body measurements, particularly bill size:
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of the southern oceans. It is native to South Atlantic islands and islands of the
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is black above and dull white below and it has a relatively short black
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to 60 m (200 ft). The diet of this species is dominated by
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during non-breeding season, which is only 2 months of the year.
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The mating habits are not well documented, although pairs form
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that was introduced in 1799 by the French naturalist
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Distribution uncertain, possibly breeds in Southern
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Index

Common diving-petrel

Conservation status
Least Concern
IUCN 3.1
Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Procellariiformes
Procellariidae
Pelecanoides
Binomial name
Gmelin, JF

diving petrel
auk
petrels
subantarctic
Indian Ocean
New Zealand
formally described
Johann Friedrich Gmelin
genus
Procellaria
binomial name
John Latham
Queen Charlotte Sound

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