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Slender-billed Prion
Pachyptila belcheri(Mathews, 1912)
Native
- Order
- PROCELLARIIFORMES
- Family
- Procellariidae
- Genus
- Pachyptila
- Commonness
- Very common
- Best seen
- Year-round
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
The slender-billed prion or thin-billed prion, is a species of petrel, a seabird in the family Procellariidae. It is found in the southern oceans.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- Isla Noir (off south Chile), Falkland Is., Crozet Is. (south of Madagascar, south-west South Indian Ocean) and Kerguelen (south-east Indian Ocean)
- Non-breeding range
- Widespread in southern oceans to Humboldt Current of west South America, off coast to south Brazil, and south Australasia
03 · When
When to look
Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
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- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
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