GALLERIES > BIRDS > PROCELLARIIFORMES > PROCELLARIIDAE > SOFT-PLUMAGED PETREL [Pterodroma mollis] [plot on map]
Location: South Atlantic Ocean (2)GPS: -52.1S, -55.0W, depth=-5,038' MAP Date: January 10, 2010 ID : 7C2V9183 [3888 x 2592]
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Location: Fortuna Bay, South GeorgiaGPS: -54.1S, -36.8W, elev=0' MAP Date: January 14, 2010 ID : 7C2V0069 [3888 x 2592]
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Location: South Atlantic Ocean (2)GPS: -52.1S, -55.0W, depth=-5,038' MAP Date: January 10, 2010 ID : 7C2V9409 [3888 x 2592]
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SPECIES INFO
The Soft-plumaged Petrel (Pterodroma mollis) is a species of seabird in the Procellariidae family.
It breeds on islands in the Southern Hemisphere, nesting on Tristan da Cunha, Gough Island, the Prince Edward Islands, Crozet Islands and on the Antipodes Islands of New Zealand. It disperses outside the breeding season, reaching eastern South America north to Brazil, southern Africa and Australia. It has occurred as a vagrant in Israel and Jordan.
Fea's Petrel (P. feae) and Zino's Petrel (P. madeira) of the North Atlantic were formerly treated as subspecies of this bird.
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