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Pachyptila desolata (Gmelin, 1789) Family: petrels, shearwaters Order: Procellariiformes print version
Antarctic prion Prion de la désolation Pato-petrel antárctico Taubensturmvogel
Migration: interoceanic

Verbreitungskarte von Pachyptila desolata All birds leave colonies after breeding, probably moving N; disperses widely over S Atlantic and S Indian Oceans, from pack ice to subtropical latitudes off S America, where recorded N to 12 S off Peru; also occurs off S Africa and Australia.   (del Hoyo J, Elliott A, Sargatal J (eds), 1992)


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(Last update: 26.04.04 by E.Heuel)