GALLERIES > BIRDS > PELECANOIDIDAE > SOUTH GEORGIA DIVING-PETREL [Pelecanoides georgicus] [plot on map]
Location: Fortuna Bay, South GeorgiaGPS: -54.1S, -36.8W, elev=0' MAP Date: January 14, 2010 ID : 7C2V0119 [3888 x 2592]
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Location: Fortuna Bay, South GeorgiaGPS: -54.1S, -36.8W, elev=0' MAP Date: January 14, 2010 ID : 7C2V0114 [3888 x 2592]
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Location: Godthul, South GeorgiaGPS: -54.3S, -36.3W, elev=251' MAP Date: January 15, 2010 ID : 7C2V0006 [3888 x 2592]
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Location: Godthul, South GeorgiaGPS: -54.3S, -36.3W, elev=251' MAP Date: January 15, 2010 ID : 7C2V0007 [3888 x 2592]
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Location: Godthul, South GeorgiaGPS: -54.3S, -36.3W, elev=251' MAP Date: January 15, 2010 ID : 7C2V0009 [3888 x 2592]
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SPECIES INFO
The South Georgia Diving-petrel or Georgian Diving-petrel (Pelecanoides georgicus) is a species of seabird in the diving-petrel family, Pelecanoididae. It nests in colonies on Subantarctic islands. It breeds on South Georgia in the south Atlantic and on the Prince Edward Islands, Crozet Islands, Kerguelen Islands and Heard Island in the southern Indian Ocean. In New Zealand, it breeds on Codfish Island and formerly bred on the Auckland Islands. It disperses to surrounding seas and vagrants have been recorded in the Falkland Islands and Australia.
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