Blue Petrel
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Blue Petrel

Halobaena caerulea(Gmelin, JF, 1789)

Least ConcernNative
Order
PROCELLARIIFORMES
Conservation
Least Concern
Commonness
Very common
Best seen
Year-round

01 · Identification

How to tell it apart

The blue petrel is a small seabird in the shearwater and petrel family, Procellariidae. This small petrel is the only member of the genus Halobaena, but is closely allied to the prions. It is distributed across the Southern Ocean but breeds at a few island sites, all close to the Antarctic Convergence zone.

Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

02 · Where

Where to find it

Breeding range
Islands of subantarctic Atlantic and Indian oceans mostly south of Antarctic Convergence from Diego Ramirez (south of Tierra del Fuego) and Cape Horn (south South America) to Macquarie (far south-east of Australia)
Non-breeding range
Forages to Antarctic waters; disperses to waters of south South America and south Australia

03 · When

When to look

Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.

  1. Jan
  2. Feb
  3. Mar
  4. Apr
  5. May
  6. Jun
  7. Jul
  8. Aug
  9. Sep
  10. Oct
  11. Nov
  12. Dec

05 · Behaviour

Habits and haunts

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