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Pachyptila belcheri (Mathews, 1912) Family: petrels, shearwaters Order: Procellariiformes print version
Slender-billed prion Prion de Belcher Pato-petrel picofino Dünnschnabel-Sturmvogel
Migration: interoceanic

Verbreitungskarte von Pachyptila belcheri Disperses widely over Southern Ocean after breeding, absent Mar-Sept; birds from Falklands apparently move W, gathering in large flocks off W South America, and ranging N to 15 S; Indian Ocean birds move E, occurring regularly off Australia and New Zealand, but few records off S Africa.   (del Hoyo J, Elliott A, Sargatal J (eds), 1992)


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(Last update: 26.04.04 by E.Heuel)