Kerguelen petrel
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The Kerguelen petrel (Aphrodroma brevirostris) is a small (36 cm long) slate-grey seabird in the family Procellariidae. It is the only species placed in the genus Aphrodroma. It is a pelagic, circumpolar seabird of the Southern Ocean. It breeds on islands in the southern Atlantic and Indian Oceans.
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Kerguelen petrel | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Procellariiformes |
Family: | Procellariidae |
Genus: | Aphrodroma Olson, 2000 |
Species: | A. brevirostris |
Binomial name | |
Aphrodroma brevirostris (Lesson, 1831) | |
Synonyms | |
Pterodroma brevirostris |
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