Diving Petrels
Pelecanoides
The diving petrels are seabirds in the bird order Procellariiformes. There are four very similar species all in the family Procellariidae and genus Pelecanoides (Lacépède, 1799), distinguished only by small differences in the coloration of their plumage and their bill construction. They are only found in the Southern Hemisphere.
4 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 4 known species
Common Diving Petrel
speciesPelecanoides urinatrix
Peruvian Diving Petrel
speciesPelecanoides garnotii
Magellanic Diving Petrel
speciesPelecanoides magellani
South Georgia Diving Petrel
speciesPelecanoides georgicus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 4126.