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| Pterodroma macroptera |
(A Smith, 1840) |
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Family: petrels, shearwaters |
Order: Procellariiformes |
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Great-winged petrel |
Pétrel noir |
Petrel aligrande |
Langflügel-Sturmvogel |
| Migration: interoceanic |
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disperses wildly |
Disperses widely in subtropical parts of Atlantic, Indian and W Pacific Oceans, mainly 25 -50 S; some birds
near breeding islands all year round. Occasionally strays into subantarctic and Antarctic zones.
(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) |