Soft-plumaged Petrel (species: Pterodroma (Pterodroma) mollis) in Birds of Uruguay (Gaia Guide)
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Pterodroma (Pterodroma) mollis
Soft-plumaged Petrel


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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Procellariiformes
Family Procellariidae
Genus Pterodroma
Species Pterodroma (Pterodroma) mollis
Status least concern

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Distinguishing features

Distinguishing features still need to be specified.

Size

  • Up to 33 cm (Length of specimen)

Wingspan

  • Wingspan data is not yet available.

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Distribution


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Distribution and habitat preferences

It breeds on islands in the Southern Hemisphere, nesting on Tristan da Cunha, Gough Island, the Prince Edward Islands, Crozet Islands, Macquarie Island, and on the Antipodes Islands of New Zealand. Small numers breed in the Maatsuyker Island Group of southern Tasmania. It disperses outside the breeding season, reaching eastern South America north to Brazil, southern Africa and Australia. It has occurred as a vagrant in Israel, Norway and Jordan.

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