White-chinned Petrel

Procellaria aequinoctialis Linnaeus, 1758

White-chinned Petrel Procellaria aequinoctialis breeds on islets in the temperate and subantarctic Southern Ocean, from the Falkland Islands to southern outlying islands of New Zealand. Outside the breeding season it ranges across the South Atlantic, South Indian and South Pacific oceans, reaching South American coasts, Peru, southern Brazil, the Antarctic Peninsula, southern Africa, southern Australia and the New Zealand region. It is a petrel of the family Procellariidae and order Procellariiformes, and is the largest species in its family apart from the giant petrels. It has white on the throat and chin, with more in the Indian Ocean sector than in the Atlantic.

Order

Procellariiformes

Family

Procellariidae — Petrels, Shearwaters, Diving Petrels

Breeding range

Southern Ocean: islets of s temperate and subantarctic oceans n of Antarctic Convergence from Falkland Is. to s outlying islands of New Zealand

Nonbreeding range

to South American coasts n to Peru and s Brazil and s to Antarctic Pen., s Africa, s Australia and New Zealand region