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| Pterodroma leucoptera |
(Gould, 1844) |
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Family: petrels, shearwaters |
Order: Procellariiformes |
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Gould's petrel |
Pétrel de Gould |
Petrel de Gould |
Weißflügel-Sturmvogel |
| Migration: intraoceanic |
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transequatorial, some remain near colonies all year round, unclear |
Very little known. Race brevipes thought to be largely sedentary, other races apparently leave breeding zones,
possibly dispersing E into tropical and subtropical Pacific, records from New Zealand and Galapagos.
(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) |