Summary ³

The Kerguelen petrel (Aphrodroma brevirostris) is a small (36 cm long) slate-grey seabird in the family Procellariidae. The species has been described as a "taxonomic oddball", being placed for a long time in Pterodroma (the gadfly petrels) before being split out in 1942 into its own genus Aphrodroma. The position within the procellariids is still a matter of debate; when it was split away from the Pterodroma petrels it was suggested that it may be a fulm

Sources and Credits

1. John Gerrard Keulemans , no known copyright restrictions (public domain), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LugensaBrevirostris.jpg
2. Joseph Wolf , no known copyright restrictions (public domain), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PrionBrevirostrisWolf.jpg
3. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphrodroma_brevirostris

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Animal Diversity Web
• Atlas of Living Australia
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• VertNet
• Xeno-canto

iNat Map