Summary ²

The White-chinned Petrel or Cape Hen,Procellaria aequinoctialis, is a large shearwater in the family Procellariidae. It ranges around the Southern Ocean as far north as southern Australia, Peru and Namibia, and breeds colonially on scattered islands.

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1. (c) Paulo Barradas, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://www.flickr.com/photos/44397534@N05/5026861096
2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procellaria_aequinoctialis

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