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Common Diving Petrel
Pelecanoides urinatrix(Gmelin, JF, 1789)
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- Order
- PROCELLARIIFORMES
- Family
- Procellariidae
- Genus
- Pelecanoides
At a glance
The Common Diving Petrel is a medium-sized bird, about 20–25 cm long, native to Australia. It can be seen year-round.
- Size
- 20–25 cm
- Origin
- Native
- Best seen
- Year-round
- Commonness
- Very common
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
What does a Common Diving Petrel look like?
The Common Diving Petrel is a medium-sized bird, about 20–25 cm long and weighing 100–185 g.
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 to South Atlantic islands and islands of the subantarctic southern Indian Ocean, islands and islets off New Zealand and south-eastern Australian islands.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
03 · When
When to look
When can you see a Common Diving Petrel?
The Common Diving Petrel is present across its Australian range year-round, so it can be seen in any month.
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05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
What does a Common Diving Petrel eat?
The Common Diving Petrel feeds on fish/invertebrates, usually foraging in flocks.
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