| Common Diving Petrel Pelecanoides urinatrix Chilean name: Yunco de los canales |
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from the Chacao-Pargua Ferry to Chiloe, Chile November 2005 The Common Diving Petrel is distributed in the southern Atlantic and round southern Chile as far as Chiloe, around New Zealand and south-east Australia and in the southern Indian Ocean. See the distribution map at xeno-canto. |
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It is strictly a marine bird except for breeding where it builds a burrow usually on the steep slopes of oceanic islands. It breeds colonially but tends to feed singly or in small groups. It feeds on plankton and krill which it captures by diving underwater or while sitting on the surface. It flies infrequently and tends to dive rather than fly when threatened. | |||
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It is similar to the Magellanic Diving Petrel P. magellani which is more common in southern Chile but it
lacks the latter's clear white throat and more capped appearance.
The specific name is derived from Latin urinare - to dive. |
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