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Juan Fernandez Petrel
Pterodroma externa (Salvin, 1875)
Procellariidae — Petrels, Shearwaters, Diving Petrels
Juan Fernandez Petrel, Pterodroma externa, is a petrel of the family Procellariidae that breeds on montane Alejandro Selkirk in the Juan Fernandez Islands, far west of central Chile, and ranges north in the non-breeding season to tropical Pacific waters around the main Hawaiian Islands. It is a seabird of the Procellariiformes. It nests only on that single island, using high ridges above 750 m and a burrow for one chick each year. The species was first described by Salvin in 1875.
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- Family
- Procellariidae — Petrels, Shearwaters, Diving Petrels
- Breeding range
- Pacific Ocean: montane Alejandro Selkirk (=Mas Afuera, Juan Fernandez Is., far w of c Chile)
- Nonbreeding range
- to tropical Pacific around main Hawaiian Is.
