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| Pterodroma lessonii |
(Garnot, 1826) |
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Family: petrels, shearwaters |
Order: Procellariiformes |
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White-headed petrel |
Pétrel de Lesson |
Petrel cabeciblanco |
Weißkopf-Sturmvogel |
| Migration: interoceanic |
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adults less mobile |
Disperses widely over Southern Ocean, probably in circumpolar range, generally S of 30 S; absent from
colonies for only 2 months. Adults apparently less mobile than juveniles; large numbers in Straits of Magellan in
Dec, thought to be immatures. Ranges S to pack ice, but also N into subtropical zone. (del Hoyo J,
Elliott A, Sargatal J (eds), 1992)
- digitised by GROMS, after del Hoyo J A Elliott; J Sargatal (eds) (1992) - www.hbw.com,
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(A digitised version of this map is published in GIS shape format on the GROMS CD).
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| (Last update: 26.04.04 by E.Heuel) |